Microsoft KB Archive/322808

= ACC97: How to Recover a Deleted or Missing AutoFormat Style =

Article ID: 322808

Article Last Modified on 2/1/2007

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Access 97 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q322808



Novice: Requires knowledge of the user interface on single-user computers.

This article applies to a Microsoft Access database (.mdb) and to a Microsoft Access project (.adp).

For a Microsoft Access 2002 version of this article, see 319487.

For a Microsoft Access 2000 version of this article, see 322806.



SUMMARY
This article explains how to recover a deleted or missing AutoFormat style in Microsoft Access. The procedure requires that you have a second copy of Access. The second copy can either be one that is installed on a different computer or one that is installed on the same computer.



MORE INFORMATION
To recover an AutoFormat style, follow these steps:
 * 1) Start the copy of Access that contains the AutoFormat style that you want to recover, create a new database, and then name it Db1.mdb.
 * 2) Create a new blank form, and then name it Form1.
 * 3) In Design view, click AutoFormat on the Format menu, click the name of the missing AutoFormat style, and then click OK.
 * 4) Save the form, close the database, and then quit Access.
 * 5) Do one of the following:
 * 6) * If you are using one computer with two copies of Access, go to the next step.

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 * 1) * If you are using two computers, copy Db1.mdb to a floppy disk, and then insert the disk into the floppy disk drive of the first computer, where the AutoFormat style is missing.
 * 2) Start the copy of Access where the AutoFormat style is missing, open Db1.mdb, and then open Form1 in Design view.
 * 3) On the Format menu, click AutoFormat, and then click Customize.
 * 4) Click Create a new AutoFormat that is based on the Form 'Form1', and then click OK.
 * 5) In the Style Name box, type the name of the AutoFormat style, and then click OK.

The new style is now available in the Form AutoFormats list.

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