[AccessD] A2K - Labels changing size

Another WAG:

Has someone change the Font Scaling in Windows from the default 96 DPI to "Large Fonts" 
- 120 DPI?

-- 
Stuart



On 7 Jan 2011 at 10:22, Reuben Cummings wrote:

> I wasn't clear.  These aren't labels - as in mailing labels.
> These are labels on a regular report.
> For example...
> 
> Employee		Hours		Pay rate	Pay Type
> Total pay
> A			8.00		10.00		R
> 80.00
> A			2.00		15.00		O
> 30.00
> 
> The first line (Employee, Hours, etc) - those are the labels affected.
> It will print more like
> 
> Employ		Hour		Pay		Pay		Total
> 
> The label control has not changed size - it looks like the font has
> grown or the spacing has changed.	 The hours column will also appear
> cut off is there are more than 10 hours. For example, 64.00 hours
> looks like 4.00 hours.
> 
> On one other report I found two small problems. 
> 1.  A label that is vertical (to be read when the report is turned on
> its side) the very bottom of every letter is cut off.  It can still be
> read - just the very bottom is gone.  Like a 'E' would almost look
> like an "F" 2.  On the same report there is a text box that sits
> inside a large 'rectangle'.  The bottom of the rectangle sits right on
> the bottom of the text box.  The rectangle has always shown perfectly,
> but now, on this computer, the portion of the rectangle sharing the
> text box control edge does not shoe - like the text box has grown. 
> 
> Reuben Cummings
> GFC, LLC
> 812.523.1017
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com
> [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Debbie
> Sent: Thursday, January 06, 2011 9:11 AM To: Access Developers
> discussion and problem solving Subject: Re: [AccessD] A2K - Labels
> changing size
> 
> If they used the other printer to print the labels before, they may 
> not have noticed this problem:
> 
> I have had printers that had smaller print areas than the printer I 
> designed it on. Access will resize the whole report on these printers.
>  Not really apparent, but deadly on labels. Printing to PDF first is a
>  good solution. 2007 and 2010 have some printer coding that can help 
> the issue too.
> 
> Debbie
> 
> Sent from my iPhone
> 
> On Jan 5, 2011, at 10:28 PM, "AccessD" <accessd at gfconsultants.com> 
> wrote:
> 
> > In access 2000, I have a problem with a report.
> > This report has not changed in years and has always worked
> > perfectly.
> >
> > Now, only on one computer, most of the labels are being trimmed. 
> > Like either the label is actually changing size or the font is being
> >  increased. There is also one text box being altered.
> >
> > Actually, there are a couple minor alterations on a couple other 
> > reports, but nothing major like this - this is bad enough the report
> > is  unusable as is.
> >
> > This same computer worked perfectly until about two weeks ago.
> > Of course, they don't remember doing anything to the computer.
> > The only change they know of is, when they moved the computer, they 
> > only connected one printer back up rather than the two previously
> > connected
> >
> > I went thru printer settings.  Made sure the font is installed 
> > (standard Arial). Tried to restore the computer to a date before the
> > error showed up  and the computer could not be restored.
> >
> > Any ideas?
> >
> > Thanks.
> >
> >
> >
> >
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