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Condition Formatting

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replyReply Tue 22 Apr 2008, 16:31Delegate Steven said...

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Condition Formatting

How do you include conditional formatting in a report?

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replyReply Tue 22 Apr 2008, 21:54 Edited on Tue 22 Apr 2008, 21:56Trainer Pete said...

RE: Condition Formatting

Hi Stephen, welcome to the forum, Thanks for the post;
To change a field in a report based on its value, you can apply conditional formatting.
To do this, open your Access report and highlight the field that you want to change the behavior of.
In this example, lets consider using a field called Category ID field.
Under the Format menu, select Conditional Formatting.
When the Conditional Formatting window appears, enter the first condition. In our example, lets select when the field value is less than 3.
Next, you need to select what formatting to apply when the condition is met. Let

 

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Create An Inaccessible Field On A Form

There is sometimes a need to make a field in a form look like a normal field but be completely inaccessible to the user. To do this:

In the Field's Properties
Set the ENABLED property to No
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