What format symbols are used to center-align text in a datasheet?

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Some time ago I tracked down a website which extended the usual list of
formatting symbols, eg, !, >, etc, to show those which forced text to centre
align in a datasheet table. Unfortunately I can't remember either the symbols
or the website. Can anyone help?
Thanks
 
Delta,
I'm not familiar with that web site, nor could I locate it in any response in the
Access Google groups.
You should not be operating on data in table view. First, it's dangerous, and secondly
it's extremely limited in control and appearance.
Your best bet is to create a continuous form, viewed in Datasheet, or preferrably... a
continuous subform that "looks" just like a datasheet view.
Then you have control over text alignment, and can control all the aspects of data
entry. (Validation, Formatting, ...etc)

--
hth
Al Campagna
Candia Computer Consulting
Microsoft MVP - Candia, NH USA
http://home.comcast.net/~cccsolutions

"Find a job that you love, and you'll never work a day in your life."
 
Thank you kindly Dirk!
Just successfully got onto the private ng. See you there.
And thanks for all your help over the years...
--
Al Campagna
Candia Computer Consulting
Microsoft MVP - Candia, NH USA
http://home.comcast.net/~cccsolutions

"Find a job that you love, and you'll never work a day in your life."
 
May I add my congratulations! Bravo!

Fred Boer

P.S. Watch yourself, though, Al. I hear the initiation rites are hideous!!
;)
 
Fred Boer said:
P.S. Watch yourself, though, Al. I hear the initiation rites are hideous!!
;)
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Yup.

All that beer they have to buy for the veterans.

Tony
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John and Fred,
Thank you very much. Glad to be aboard!
And thank you both for all your help over the years...
--
Al Campagna
Candia Computer Consulting
Microsoft MVP - Candia, NH USA
http://home.comcast.net/~cccsolutions

"Find a job that you love, and you'll never work a day in your life."
 
I've heard it's worse than that!!

Rumour has it, and don't quote me.... but I hear that initiates are forced
to sit and listen to the other MVPs outline the stories of their long, long
histories in the field - of all the ancient operating systems, programming
languages, and database programs they worked on. Each tries to outdo the
other with how long they've been working with computers, with some of the
more dominant males discussing how they used to use punch cards, and even
worse! It can get pretty ugly... some of these guys go waayy back...

If Al is lucky one of the really senior silverbacks will jump in before it
goes too far and show the rest who really is the most ancient of all.... I
don't want to name names, but if he's fortunate, Mr. L... no, I really
can't.... ;)

Anyway, I've seen hints of this type of behaviour in the open newsgroups -
I'd hate to think what it is like in the privacy of the oak panelled,
leatherbound rooms of the MVP club...! Shudder....

<g, d &r>
Fred
 
I've heard it's worse than that!!
. . . Each tries to outdo the other with how long
they've been working with computers, with some
of the more dominant males discussing how they
used to use punch cards, and even worse! It can
get pretty ugly... some of these guys go waayy back...
Click to expand...

Oh, it was awful having to listen to the comparison of the best brands of
abacus, but when they started in on techniques of chiseling Roman numerals
on slabs of stone, it was almost too much!

On the other hand, that _is_ a report that's not going to blow away in a
light breeze. :-)

But, I'm going to get my turn: explaining the algorithms represented by the
groups of animals in pre-historic cave drawings! The poor newbies will be
bored so silly that they'll be eager to pungle up for the liquid
refreshment -- you did realize there was method in this madness, didn't you?

Larry Linson
Microsoft Access MVP
 
Fred,
Oh oh... I think it may be the other way around...
In 1973 I was hired by IBM to service keypunch machines, and in 1982 I started out
with a TI 99/4A computer with 8K of memory, an audio casette tape "drive" for storage, and
a 12 inch B&W tv for a display.
One round of beer, and a couple of my old war stories... and even the "silverbacks"
(I'm one too) will be scrambling for the exits!

Then, Larry Linson and I can discuss, at our leisure, the pros and cons of PCDOS v1.0!
Doesn't get any better than that! :-D
Al
 
Fred Boer said:
I've heard it's worse than that!!
Click to expand...

BWAHAHAHAHA

This promises to be an interesting thread.

And yes I have worked with punched cards. Larry however predates me
by 20 years.

Tony
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Al Campagna said:
and in 1982 I started out
with a TI 99/4A computer with 8K of memory, an audio casette tape "drive" for storage, and
a 12 inch B&W tv for a display.
Click to expand...

In 1982 I was programming IBM S/34s with a gargantuan 256 KB of RAM
and 256 Mb of HD. In a unit significantly larger than a large chest
freezer. We also had huge, by comparison 5251 monitors which
could've been 17" or 19" at 24x80. They were $3K IIRC.

Tony
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