Special Characters

[Joe]

I have an exam database that stores many exam questions and testing
information. One function of this database is to generate actual exams which
we administer to students. A problem that I am always coming across is that
I can't seem to store "special" characters (such as subscripts or words in
italics) properly in my table's fields. Thus, when the exam is generated and
the report is exported to Word, there are always complications that I then
have to go and fix manually.

Is there any way to store these characters within fields in their correct
format?

Thanks in advance for your help,

Joe

 

[Troy]

Not natively in MS Access. However, ActiveX products like FMS, Inc's Total
Access Memo will store and read the data in RTF encoded format. Which means
that you can use Rich Text in your own forms and reports.

Total Access Memo:
http://www.fmsinc.com/products/memo/index.html

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Troy

Troy Munford
Development Operations Manager
FMS, Inc.
www.fmsinc.com


I have an exam database that stores many exam questions and testing
information. One function of this database is to generate actual exams
which
we administer to students. A problem that I am always coming across is that
I can't seem to store "special" characters (such as subscripts or words in
italics) properly in my table's fields. Thus, when the exam is generated
and
the report is exported to Word, there are always complications that I then
have to go and fix manually.

Is there any way to store these characters within fields in their correct
format?

Thanks in advance for your help,

Joe

 

[Douglas J. Steele]

Not wanting to take anything away from FMS and their great products, but you
can also get a free RTF control from fellow Access MVP Stephen Lebans at
http://www.lebans.com/richtext.htm