ACC2000: Clicking Print Preview While Previewing Closes the Object (208216)


The information in this article applies to:

  • Microsoft Access 2000
This article was previously published under Q208216
Novice: Requires knowledge of the user interface on single-user computers.

SYMPTOMS

While you are previewing an object in the Database window, if you click Print Preview on the File menu, the object closes.

CAUSE

In Microsoft Access, print preview mode is toggled either on or off. When you print preview an object, the button next to the Print Preview command on the File menu is pushed in. If you click Print Preview when it has a pushed-in button next to it, you are issuing a command to turn Print Preview off. Consequently, the object you are previewing closes.

NOTE: If you open a form, report, macro, or module in Design view, and then you print preview the object, when you click Print Preview on the File menu, the object returns to Design view. It does not close.

MORE INFORMATION

Steps to Reproduce Behavior

  1. Open the sample database Northwind.mdb.
  2. In the Database window, click Reports under Objects.
  3. Click the Catalog report, and then click the Print Preview button.
  4. Click Print Preview on the File menu. Note that the report closes.

REFERENCES

For more information about Print Preview, click Microsoft Access Help on the Help menu, type Print Preview in the Office Assistant or the Answer Wizard, and then click Search to view the topics returned.
Modification Type:MajorLast Reviewed:6/24/2004
Keywords:kbprb kbusage KB208216
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