The least font in access

[Guest]

Hi,
I am using Access 2000 as front end and sql server as back end. Now, I am
using the font size 8 Tahoma. However, is there any way I could make this
font much smaller than this. I need to accommodate 18 fields in a form and I
do not want users to scroll right to find the fields those are at very right.
Thanks in advance.

 

[Douglas J. Steele]

Just because the combo doesn't go lower than 8 doesn't mean that you can't
type a smaller number in there. Of course, if you go too small, it'll likely
be illegible to your users.

 

[John W. Vinson]

Hi,
I am using Access 2000 as front end and sql server as back end. Now, I am
using the font size 8 Tahoma. However, is there any way I could make this
font much smaller than this. I need to accommodate 18 fields in a form and I
do not want users to scroll right to find the fields those are at very right.
Thanks in advance.

As a 61 year old guy with presbyopia, I'd suggest that this is the wrong
solution to your problem. Needing to put a magifier up to the screen is MUCH
more damaging to productivity than scrolling!

Better would be to use a Continuous Form rather than a datasheet, and put the
information on as many lines as are needed to make the information both
readable and available.

John W. Vinson [MVP]

 

[David W. Fenton]

I am using Access 2000 as front end and sql server as back end.
Now, I am using the font size 8 Tahoma. However, is there any way
I could make this font much smaller than this. I need to
accommodate 18 fields in a form and I do not want users to scroll
right to find the fields those are at very right. Thanks in
advance.

If you want fonts smaller than 8 points, use the font "small fonts"
and set it to something 7 points or smaller.

 

[Office 2004 Test Drive User]

Stop using computer

Hi,
I am using Access 2000 as front end and sql server as back end. Now, I am
using the font size 8 Tahoma. However, is there any way I could make this
font much smaller than this. I need to accommodate 18 fields in a form and I
do not want users to scroll right to find the fields those are at very right.
Thanks in advance.

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