Printing problem Access

[Guest]

I have designed some forms and when I come to print them out the label fields
fail to print when I select individual forms. All I get is the data fields
which is next to no use as I would like my colleagues to fill in the blank
fields by pen with clients. They print OK if I print out the whole data base
of forms. Why is this??? How can I remedy it?

 

[Rick B]

Forms are not designed for printing. Reports are.

Build a report that looks like the form you wish to print. Make it look
nice. Reports have all the tools and setting needed to do this. (I'd make
all the fields unbound if you wish to always have it print blank. As a
matter of fact, I might night even put many fields. It'd be mostly labels
and lines or boxes.

Tie a button to your form called "print worksheet" or something similar.
Then have it print the report.

Rick B

 

[Guest]

thanks for this. Great help

Forms are not designed for printing. Reports are.

Build a report that looks like the form you wish to print. Make it look
nice. Reports have all the tools and setting needed to do this. (I'd make
all the fields unbound if you wish to always have it print blank. As a
matter of fact, I might night even put many fields. It'd be mostly labels
and lines or boxes.

Tie a button to your form called "print worksheet" or something similar.
Then have it print the report.

Rick B