Access 2007: Report formatting different than Print Preview

[aaronjreid]

I'm a newbie using Access 2007 and I've notice that there is a difference
between what the report looks like in "Print Preview" mode and "Report View".

In print preview the report is formatted correctly because that's what I was
using to check it. But when the report is displayed in normal report view,
the spacing is a lot bigger than it should be.

The purpose of the report is to view the report from the database, then
print it so I need both views to be the same. I am using Arial 7 as the font
size.

Any ideas?

Thanks!
Aaron

 

[Allen Browne]

Report view is a new view in Access 2007. It is designed to make the report
data more accessible on screen. It doesn't try to lay out the pages for
printing the way Print Preview does.

There are lots of other significant differences as well, e.g. any code in
the report's events doesn't run in Report view. Just thing of them as Access
providing you with a couple of different ways to view the report. Rather
than expect them to be the same, choose the one that meets your needs.