Microsoft KB Archive/839779

= Text that is in a text box control of a report or a form may not appear correctly in Access =

Article ID: 839779

Article Last Modified on 4/12/2007

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Office Access 2007
 * Microsoft Office Access 2003
 * Microsoft Access 2002 Standard Edition

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This article applies to either a Microsoft Access database (.mdb) file or to a Microsoft Access database (.accdb) file, and to a Microsoft Access project (.adp) file. Novice: Requires knowledge of the user interface on single-user computers.



SYMPTOMS
In Microsoft Access, you can set the Vertical property of a text box control to Yes in a report or in a form. When you do this, you may notice that the text that is in the text box control does not appear correctly. You may notice any one of the following problems:
 * The font of the text that is in the text box control changes to a different font.
 * The text box control appears blank.
 * The text that is in the text box control changes to text that is not readable.



STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed in the &quot;Applies to&quot; section.



Steps to reproduce the problem
Note You may be unable to reproduce the problems on all computers.
 * 1) Start Access.
 * 2) Open the Northwind sample database.
 * 3) In the Database window, click Reports under Objects, and then click New.

Note In Access 2007, click Report Design in the Reports group on the Create tab.
 * 1) In the New Report dialog box, click Design View, and then click OK.

Note In Access 2007, skip this step.
 * 1) Add a text box control to the report.
 * 2) In the text box control, type =&quot;my text&quot;.
 * 3) Right-click the text box control, and then click Properties.
 * 4) On the property sheet, selectYes in the Vertical drop-down list on the Other tab.

You may notice that the font of the text changes to a different font in the text box control.

Additional query words: ACC2003 ACC2002 ACC2007

Keywords: kbexpertiseinter kbtshoot kbcontrol kbuidesign kbdisplay kbprb KB839779

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