How to use formatted memos

[jartman]

I've seen references to formatted memos for some time and finally got around to taking a look. How the heck do you enter formatting info? E.g. make a word bold? Does it only work through the RTF import/export calls? Is there a toolbar or 3rd-party editor window I can link in?

I tried the "custom field behavior" thing in the new field wizard but it's useless - you hit CTRL-B and the entire memo becomes bold.

- John

 

[TonyMcGuire]

Go into memo view (shift-f2).

Then highlite words/sentences with mouse or keyboard, and right-click.


Tony McGuire

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[plagoon]

Yes, I've been using Paradox for 10 years and this is one of the BEST and WORST features.

BEST: It's the ONLY reason I don't switch to some other database -- it's the only serious database that supports memo fields (Access does not).

WORST: poorly documented, so un-user friendly that I enter formatted text in via ANOTHER program (WordPerfect), then copy/paste into Paradox. I do this almost exclusively to save things from the web -- I have to copy it via Windows Clipboard to WP, then run a WP macro I wrote to eliminate "illegal" characters, then paste into Paradox.

CAVEAT: formatted memo fields are very difficult to export -- I'm avoiding them whenever possible. I've moved to using a text editor and programming it to do Syntax Highlighting (I use UltraEdit).

 

[jlockley]

But if you need to export, you can change the field from formated from unformatted. In the meantime, you can also highlight, cut and paste to Word to Format.

I avoid formatted memos most of the time, as memo fields do not allow ", (,}, @ and a few other very common signs. Very annoying.