Report Truncates Words

[darkmindx]

Hi,

I have a report which is linked to a table to where the user can add any items they want. I have 4 fields in the report:

Case Text (Can Grow/Shrink = Yes)
Graphic (Can Grow/Shrink = Yes)
Item Question (Can Grow/Shrink = Yes)
Item Answers (Can Grow/Shrink = Yes)


The length of the fields is about 7 inches. I am having problems with the Item Question field. On some items, the last one or couple words are truncated, they just don't appear.

What might the problem be?


Thanks

 

[GingerR]

I had the same problem, but another machine does not. i figured it was something with my Office set up. I was going to get my apps re-loaded and try again.

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[BobStubbs]

I have seen the same effect. Even when you use a standard True Type font such as Arial or Times New Roman, exportiong to Word as an rtf file can truncate the last couple of characters from a field.

I use a 'work around' to deal with this:

-- Set up a test record, in which the text field/s are completely filled, e.g. a 100 character field has 100 characters of text in it. Make the last few characters e.g. '12345'
-- Run the report - make sure all the characters are visible in the field/s
-- Switch to Design Mode, and increase the field width slightly.
-- Export to Word via rtf, and make sure all the numeric characters at the end of the field are visible
-- If they are not, repeat the 'increase field width' step.

This is tedious, but it does get round the problem.

Bob Stubbs