Access 2003 - change background colors

[Guest]

My access 2003 forms have a slightly off-white color on the screen views -
that doesn't matter, BUT WHAT DOES MATTER is that when printed, the off-white
color is also printed which (a) Slows printing down dramatically (b) consumes
a certain amount of ink and (c) output looks silly with a pastel coloured
panel surrounded by a white margin. I want to get rid of this panel color
when the form is printed. I have tried under properties format to change the
background\fill color but it is NOT ACTIVE, it is sort of grayed out and
although the colour code may be changed by doing this the screen does not
respond. Surely I have missed or inadvertently changed a setting but can't
find what it is. Can anyone please help?

 

[Rick Brandt]

My access 2003 forms have a slightly off-white color on the screen
views - that doesn't matter, BUT WHAT DOES MATTER is that when
printed, the off-white color is also printed which (a) Slows printing
down dramatically (b) consumes a certain amount of ink and (c) output
looks silly with a pastel coloured panel surrounded by a white
margin. I want to get rid of this panel color when the form is
printed. I have tried under properties format to change the
background\fill color but it is NOT ACTIVE, it is sort of grayed out
and although the colour code may be changed by doing this the screen
does not respond. Surely I have missed or inadvertently changed a
setting but can't find what it is. Can anyone please help?

You can set objects to On-Screen-Only and they will not print, but better advice
is to simply NOT print forms. They are not optimized for it and many issues
arise that are not a problem if you simply build a report instead. For a head
start you can simply right-click your form in the db window and choose "Save as
Report".