Microsoft KB Archive/146061

= ACC: Microsoft Access Report Not Visible in Microsoft Word or Microsoft Excel =

Article ID: 146061

Article Last Modified on 1/19/2007

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Access 95 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Access 97 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Excel 95 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Excel 97 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Word 97 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Word 95 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q146061



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



SYMPTOMS
When you set the Window Color to black and the Font Color to white in Control Panel instead of accepting the default white Window Color and black Font Color, and then you output a Microsoft Access report to Microsoft Word or Microsoft Excel, the report is not visible. A black window is all that you see.



CAUSE
Microsoft Word and Microsoft Excel have a default setting of black for Font Color. However, Microsoft Word and Microsoft Excel do not have a setting for Window Color; therefore, the window remains set to the setting in Control Panel.



RESOLUTION
There are several workarounds for this behavior. One is to change the Control Panel settings so that the Window Color is something other than black. A second is to highlight all of the text in Microsoft Word (CTRL+A) or all of the cells in Microsoft Excel (CTRL+A) and change the Font color.



Steps to Reproduce Behavior

 * 1) Click Start, point to Settings, and then click Control Panel.
 * 2) In Control Panel, double-click the Display icon, and in the Display Properties box, click the Appearance tab.
 * 3) On the Appearance tab, in the Active Window box, click in the white space. Under Item: Window, set Color to black and under Font, set Color to white.
 * 4) Start Microsoft Access and open the sample data base Northwind.mdb.
 * 5) Click the Reports tab and preview the Alphabetical List Of Products Report.
 * 6) Click the OfficeLinks button's arrow, and then click "Publish It with Microsoft Word" or "Analyze It with Microsoft Excel." Note that Microsoft Word or Microsoft Excel opens with a black window.

Additional query words: screen

Keywords: kbenv kbprb KB146061

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