Truncated Text converting using "Publish with Word" in Access DB

[two2tandemnc]

When I use "Publish it with Word" my document is truncated - not all the data
comes over to the Word document. It outputs just fine to PDF. This is a
random occurrence so I need to check each report against a PDF file to be
sure nothing was dropped. I have used a text box with .1 margins in the
"design view" to where the data is supposed to go. I have indicated "grow"
and "shrink" in the properties also. I understand this is typical in 2002 -
was it fixed in 2003? Is there a work around - I have about 20 reports to
run and have no confidence in the finished Word product - more than doubling
the time and $$ to client.

I've already posted this to the Access board and it was suggested I try the
Word board instead.

 

[CyberTaz]

Unfortunately your description of the problem is not very clear, but it
sounds like you are dealing with data content which is rather large in one or
more fields for at least some of the records in the report. The 'Can Shrink'
& 'Can Grow' Properties are features of _Access_, not Word.

If this is a fairly accurate interpretation, what you are finding is that
Word cannot (and probably never will) _split_ a text box across a page break.
The .pdfs are a totally different file format which handles the content
differently, but also provides a 'picture' of the data which cannot be edited.

With nothing more specific to go on its impossible to offer any sensible
suggestion as to how to deal with the issue, other than to Export the report
as a text file, then open it in Word and edit/format as necessary.

If you don't need an editable version outside of Access, have you tried
Exporting the report as a Snapshot (.snp) file?

Regards |:>)

 

[Mark P]

I havethe same problem and have been in search of a solution for more than a
year without a reliable solution. Have you made any progress?