Text labels in reports

[RedBeard]

I have a report I am printing off, but I wish to add some static text
to it.

I have tried both labels and text boxes.

Labels don't show up and text boxes ask for input.

What should I be using?

Thanks.

 

[Philip Herlihy]

I have a report I am printing off, but I wish to add some static text
to it.

I have tried both labels and text boxes.

Labels don't show up and text boxes ask for input.

What should I be using?

Thanks.

I use labels for this purpose without problem. Consider where you are
putting the labels (experiment!) and whether appropriate properties are set?

Phil, London

 

[RedBeard]

If you use the tool box to add a label, then immediately add some text toit,
it should show up as long as its Visible property is Yes.  If you add alabel
without text I think it will disappear when you click outside of it.  Atext
box should work too.  Its Control Source would be set to something like:
="Report Title"

If you are still having difficulties, describe the steps by which you are
adding the label.

Text box with a ="TEXTGOESHERE" control source worked, couldn't get
labels to show up at all.

 

[RedBeard]

I have a report I am printing off, but I wish to add some static text
to it.

[quoted text clipped - 18 lines]

Text box with a ="TEXTGOESHERE" control source worked, couldn't get
labels to show up at all.

Labels should show up.  Again, if you describe the procedure by which you add
a label it may be possible to identify what is going wrong.

I click the Label button in the ribbon while in design view, draw it,
type in my text and save.

When I run the report, nothing shows.

 

[Philip Herlihy]

I have a report I am printing off, but I wish to add some static text
to it.

[quoted text clipped - 18 lines]Text box with a ="TEXTGOESHERE" control source worked, couldn't get
labels to show up at all.

Labels should show up. Again, if you describe the procedure by which you add
a label it may be possible to identify what is going wrong.

You can see it design view but not when you run the form? Try giving it
a border, or a back-colour. Any change? Is the property "Visible" set
to true? Did the Text box you added appear with a label (as it normally
would)?

Phil

 

[Fred]

Also make sure that you didn't put it so far to the right that it is out of
the (margin-limited) allowable area of the page. If so it will go onto a
separate (mostly blank) page and thus "disappear" from your desired page.