A
Allie
I have have Access '07 for a couple of months now and I have been dealing
with this quirk. Today I cannot seem to get around it:
In Access, when I try to select something, everything before it is also
selected. Here are some examples:
Created a From. Selected an Object. Right clicked for Properties screen. If
I try to edit any of the fields (ex: let's say Control Source) If I have a
source called "Details Table" but it says "Dettails Table" and I want to get
rid of the extra 'T', I cannot click in the middle of the word and delete it.
It selects either the whole sentence or from where I clicked to the end of
the sentence. So I have to delete it all and retype. For this simple example,
no big deal, but imagine all the other fields I want to change without
having to delete a whole string! What a pain!
It does this everywhere. This is where it bothers me most.:When I am trying
to select a row.
Ex: I am in the design view of a table and I want to delete a column header
row. I click the box to the left of the column name, it selects that row and
ALL the rows above it.
Another example of this same issue - this is the issue I am having that is
stopping me from completing my project.:
I have created a report using the wizard. All of the fields it put on the
form are majorly out of order. In design view, I click the ARRANGE tab. Then
the TAB ORDER button. I cannot select just one field to move the order. It
again selects whatever row I click plus everything above it. I can click and
drag and select a bunch, but it also selects everything above my selection.
It doesn't allow me to rearrange ANYTHING.
Does anyone else have this problem? I am hoping there is a
setting/preference somewhere that I can make a change to - but I haven't
found any remotely close to an option for "Select Everything You Don't Want
Selected and Ruin your Day" that I can uncheck - haha.
HOPING FOR HELP,
Allie
with this quirk. Today I cannot seem to get around it:
In Access, when I try to select something, everything before it is also
selected. Here are some examples:
Created a From. Selected an Object. Right clicked for Properties screen. If
I try to edit any of the fields (ex: let's say Control Source) If I have a
source called "Details Table" but it says "Dettails Table" and I want to get
rid of the extra 'T', I cannot click in the middle of the word and delete it.
It selects either the whole sentence or from where I clicked to the end of
the sentence. So I have to delete it all and retype. For this simple example,
no big deal, but imagine all the other fields I want to change without
having to delete a whole string! What a pain!
It does this everywhere. This is where it bothers me most.:When I am trying
to select a row.
Ex: I am in the design view of a table and I want to delete a column header
row. I click the box to the left of the column name, it selects that row and
ALL the rows above it.
Another example of this same issue - this is the issue I am having that is
stopping me from completing my project.:
I have created a report using the wizard. All of the fields it put on the
form are majorly out of order. In design view, I click the ARRANGE tab. Then
the TAB ORDER button. I cannot select just one field to move the order. It
again selects whatever row I click plus everything above it. I can click and
drag and select a bunch, but it also selects everything above my selection.
It doesn't allow me to rearrange ANYTHING.
Does anyone else have this problem? I am hoping there is a
setting/preference somewhere that I can make a change to - but I haven't
found any remotely close to an option for "Select Everything You Don't Want
Selected and Ruin your Day" that I can uncheck - haha.
HOPING FOR HELP,
Allie
