Tabbed Information in Memos?

[AggieLJ]

Is it possible to have tabbed information in a memo? If so, how?

 

[WayneRyan]

Aggie,

The traditional text boxes in Access don't support tabs.

You can try using a fixed-pitch font and using spaces (hard work).

Or switch to a rich-text control.

hth,
Wayne

 

[neileg]

It's usually a bad idea to store multiple pieces of data in the same field. Better to store them as individual items and then combine them for display purposes.

 

[AggieLJ]

Thank y'all for the replies...

My memo boxes are used as a part of an invoice, and only contain unique info that the invoice keyer will have for the customer. (such as: "You paid too much because of ...*whatever*...) On rare occasion, we will have a need for something tabbed just for easier reading purposes (especially if we need to cut and paste formatted text from Microsoft Word or something).... there is no specific data that is combined every time.

In other words, my memo box is like the reply box on this forum...(it doesn't support tabs). You can take the time to use underscores or periods to simulate spaces between columns of information, but it would be nice to have tabs to get the information across in a less time consuming way.

I tried the Rich Text, but unless I am doing something wrong, tabs still don't work...