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Article ID: 209222 - Last Review: June 24, 2004 - Revision: 1.0
ACC2000: Formatted Colors Do Not Appear in Text
This article was previously published under Q209222
Moderate: Requires basic macro, coding, and interoperability skills.
This article applies to a Microsoft Access database (.mdb) and to a Microsoft Access project (.adp).
A text box control does not display text in the color that you specified.
Instead, the text is displayed as if you had not specified any color.
If you specify a color without a format in the
Format property for a text box, no color will be displayed.
Use conditional formatting to change the colors of text in a text box control. To do so, follow these steps:
- Open the form in Design view.
- Select the control that you want to change.
- On the Format menu, click Conditional Formatting.
- Set the conditions that you want.
For example, set Condition 1 as Field Value is greater than 0 and set Font/Fore Color to Red. Click Add, and then set Condition 2 as Field Value less than or equal to 0 and set Font/Fore Color to Yellow. Click OK. - Save and close the form.
- Open the form in Form view. Note that the values are formatted based on the conditions set in step 4.
Steps to Reproduce Behavior
- Open the sample database Northwind.mdb and open the Orders Subform form in Design view.
- Change the Format property of the Discount text box as follows:
Format: [Red];;[Yellow]
- Save and close the form.
- Open the Orders form in Form view. Note that the Discount field is not displayed in color.
NOTE: To return the Orders subform back to where it was, open the form in Design View and change the
Format property of the Discount text box control back to Percent by selecting Percent from the combo box.
For more information about conditional formatting, click
Microsoft Access Help on the
Help menu, type
conditional formatting in a text box or other control on a form or report in the Office Assistant or
the Answer Wizard, and then click
Search to view the topics
returned.
APPLIES TO
- Microsoft Access 2000 Standard Edition
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