sorting and grouping window in report designer is missing

[cgarnold]

Access 2003 - When I toggle the sorting and grouping window in Report
Designer, the toolbar button acts like it's toggling on and off (gets
highlighted/loses highlight), but the window isn't appearing anywhere. Any
ideas?

 

[Allen Browne]

The box is probably opening off screen. This is not uncommon if you have
used different monitors, or tested different resolutions.

When you click the button, you will see the Access window lose focus as the
(off-screen) Sorting'n'Grouping box gets focus. Then press Alt+Space (to
drop its control box), M (for Move), and the arrow keys repeatedly to see if
you can bring it onto the screen again.

 

[Marshall Barton]

Access 2003 - When I toggle the sorting and grouping window in Report
Designer, the toolbar button acts like it's toggling on and off (gets
highlighted/loses highlight), but the window isn't appearing anywhere.

It's probably positioned outside your screen's visible area.
When the toolbat button indicates the window is active, use
Alt+space and M to activate move mode. Then you can use the
mouse or arrow keys to move the window back to a visible
area of the svreen.

 

[cgarnold]

Thanks for both answers! It's back to normal now.