Microsoft KB Archive/125986

Mac Works 4.0: Field Data Cut Off in Database Forms

PSS ID Number: Q125986 Article last modified on 10-22-1998

4.0

MACINTOSH

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The information in this article applies to:

 == Microsoft Works for the Macintosh, version 4.0 == 

= SYMPTOMS =

When you add new records to fields in a Works Database form, some information is truncated.

= CAUSE =

When you create a new form and use the Size Field To Data option while inserting fields, the size of that field will be large enough to fit the largest piece of information currently in the database for that field.

When new records are added with data in this field that is longer, the new information will be truncated.

= RESOLUTION =

Method 1: Create a new form. When you insert a field with the Size Field To Data option, the database will recognize the longest piece of information for that field and size accordingly.

Method 2: Modify the current form:

a. Change to Design View.

b. Click on the field whose information is being truncated.

c. Delete the field by pressing the DEL key on the main keyboard.

d. From the Insert menu, choose Field.

e. Select the field to be reinserted.

f. Select the Size Field To Data check box.

g. Choose Insert Field. = MORE INFORMATION =

For more information, see pages 240-241 in the Microsoft Works 4.0 for the Macintosh “User’s Guide.”

= Additional query words: 4.00 mac m_works =

Version : 4.0 Platform : MACINTOSH Issue type : kbprb ============================================================================= Copyright Microsoft Corporation 1998.