Vertical Text and Label boxes 1

[Weezy]

How do you place text boxes or label boxes vertically in a form?

 

[WP]

Simple, only make the label or text box 1 charcter wide.<br>
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WP <p>Bill Paton<br><a href=mailto:wpaton@neptune400.co.uk>wpaton@neptune400.co.uk</a><br><a href=

http://www.neptune400.co.uk>www.neptune400.co.uk</a><br>

 

[rhicks]

I wish WP's method would be that simple. What he suggests will only stack the characters on top of each other, not actually in a vertical position. This may be what you need, but if you need to actually rotate the text, vist The Access Web for more details. The location is below.<br>
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<A HREF="

http://www.mvps.org/access/api/api0050.htm"

TARGET="_new">

http://www.mvps.org/access/api/api0050.htm</A><br>

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Hope this will help<br>
Ricky<br>

 

[WP]

Isn't that what vertical means ? Letters going up ad down the screen ? <br>
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Why use a simple method when you can find a sledgehammer <br>
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WP <p>Bill Paton<br><a href=mailto:wpaton@neptune400.co.uk>wpaton@neptune400.co.uk</a><br><a href=

http://www.neptune400.co.uk>www.neptune400.co.uk</a><br>

 

[Zelandakh]

I think what he is after is a rotated text box rather than text like<br>
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So basically you turn your head to the side to read it...<br>
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Its not something I have ever come across in Access, but there may be a way of putting in an Active X control or similar external way of doing it - have you tried creating the rotated box in Excel or Word and pasting it? Unlikely to work, but you never know!

 

[EuanPirie]

Your right, that does not work. I have tried to find an easy way of doing this, the easiest way I found was to create the text in something like Paint Shop Pro, and save it as a bitmap, and import it into your report.

 

[Lehtoant]

Rotated cells can be copied from Excel97 into Access97 forms and reports.<br>
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Al

 

[RacerGirl117]

That works...as long as you don't need to edit your labels very often. Cool...thanks! Jessica Morgan
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