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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http://allenbrowne.com/tips.html
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"ARC" <andy@andyc.comwrote in message
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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!
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However, if you place the control on a self-contained form / popup form,
then mini formatting menu will open after you highlight rich text.
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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.
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Interesting stuff...
