Access 2007 and rich text

Just found out something interesting with Access 2007... In table design, if
you set a memo field to the new rich text option, and put that control on a
form, set the control to rich text, you can only use the text formatting
menus IF the control is on a parent form! If the control is placed on a form
that is a subform, the mini format toolbar, and the access toolbar will not
work!

However, if you place the control on a self-contained form / popup form,
then mini formatting menu will open after you highlight rich text.

Ok, Access 2007 will be some major re-design work. My existing app uses a
mainmenu, that contains a submenu, and I load all the various screens into
the submenu. I'll have to scrap that, and have each screen be a
self-contained form.

Interesting stuff...

You're right. The mini-toolbar and the ribbon items for handling rich text
don't work for a rich text control in a subform.

You probably don't want to spell-check a rich-text field either: it can make
a right mess of your data (e.g. if it contains a carriage return.)

More info about these items:
http://allenbrowne.com/Access2007.html#Bugs

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Allen Browne - Microsoft MVP. Perth, Western Australia
Tips for Access users - http://allenbrowne.com/tips.html
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"ARC" <andy@andyc.comwrote in message
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I just read your list, Allen, and I'm sure glad I was never in the habbit of
using <Shift><Delete>!! That could be very bad...

Andy

Also, I've noticed the built in date picker won't show for an unbound
control...Not sure about a datasheet control yet, but I'm betting it won't
show..

Does it make any difference if you set the Format property of the unbound
control to Short Date? That's usually enough to give Access a clue about the
intended data type.

Also, make sure there's nothing in the Input Mask.

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"ARC" <andy@andyc.comwrote in message
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Thanks for that.. There was something in the input mask...


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