Problems with landscape & margins

[Akid]

Hi guys, The report wizard won't work probably and now this report won't go on landscape (the page maybe, but the margins no) no matter how hard I clicked on the option from page set-up or even get the margins to be fixed, what am I doing wrong?

and when I try to fix it from the design view and make it wider the hashtags will be still there. but here's the catch, I did everything in the exact steps but on the college's computer, It worked completely fine! and I had a new report that works fine.

but when I opened the file I made with my laptop on the college's computer the problem was there too I couldn't fix the old file margins. my professor told me to redownload the app, which I did. same problem.

"Book Rep ahhhhh" is the one I made with my laptop, and "Customers by Book Rep" is the one I made with the college's computer.

 

[theDBguy]

Hi. Reports are usually based on the printer installed on the machine at the time of creation. You could try changing the printer assignment or install the same printer on your laptop. Or, last resort, try recreating the report from scratch.

 

[Akid]

Hi. Reports are usually based on the printer installed on the machine at the time of creation. You could try changing the printer assignment or install the same printer on your laptop. Or, last resort, try recreating the report from scratch.

Hi, THANK YOUUUU and yes your respond indeed did highlight the main problem I had!! , thank god I was able to fix it starting from there, let me show you how.

1- putting the screen scale on 100% (because I'm using a laptop I'm usually going with 125% scale, not knowing it affected my access report)

2- fixing the printer on my laptop! Microsoft helped me with this part (because this is my first laptop and I only had it for three months) These are the steps I followed.


Based on the details you provided, it seems like the issue is tied to your laptop's printer setup. Access reports depend on installed printers for page setup features. If no suitable printer is configured (common on personal laptops without physical printers), changes to orientation and margins may not apply correctly. First, let's add a Virtual Printer:

1. Head to Windows Settings > Bluetooth & devices > Printers & scanners.
2. Hit "Add device." If nothing shows up, click "The printer that I want isn't listed."
3. Pick "Add a local printer or network printer with manual settings."
4. Choose a port, like "FILE: Print to File."
5. In the Manufacturer section, select "Microsoft" and go with "Microsoft Print to PDF" (or "Microsoft XPS Document Writer" if that's not there).
6. Finish installing it and make it your default printer.
7. If "Microsoft Print to PDF" isn't an option, search for "Turn Windows features on or off" in the Start menu and enable it there.

Hope this could help someone out there like it helped me!

 

[theDBguy]

Glad to hear you got it sorted out. Good luck with your classes.