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From: Michael O needs you Michael O needs on 2 Jun 2010 13:43
Hello experts. This may be wishful thinking, but can access do the following:

Potential scenario...
lets say I have a table with 5 fields and the data in each field is at least
an entire sentence (excluding a PK). I run a report that displays each of
the 5 fields and the data in each. The record source of this report is a
select query that finds all the records Where [FieldName] LIKE "*Some Word*".
For example, say the word is "ship". This report will find all the records
where "ship" appears in any of those fields.

My question is...is there a way in Access to have "ship" highlighted
wherever it shows up on the report? For example, there are many databases
out there that highlight your search term in the web page or document that
shows up in the results.

Thanks.

Michael O
From: Allen Browne on 2 Jun 2010 23:13
Access 2007 and 2010 have a text box that supports rich text, so it is
possible in these versions.

Details:
Highlight matches
at:
http://allenbrowne.com/AppSearchHighlight.html

Includes a downloadable example (free.)

--
Allen Browne - Microsoft MVP. Perth, Western Australia
Tips for Access users - http://allenbrowne.com/tips.html
Reply to group, rather than allenbrowne at mvps dot org.


"Michael O needs you" <Michael O needs you(a)discussions.microsoft.com> wrote
in message news:64450321-E7DE-4B05-9313-4F8AAE25F87B(a)microsoft.com...
> Hello experts. This may be wishful thinking, but can access do the
> following:
>
> Potential scenario...
> lets say I have a table with 5 fields and the data in each field is at
> least
> an entire sentence (excluding a PK). I run a report that displays each of
> the 5 fields and the data in each. The record source of this report is a
> select query that finds all the records Where [FieldName] LIKE "*Some
> Word*".
> For example, say the word is "ship". This report will find all the
> records
> where "ship" appears in any of those fields.
>
> My question is...is there a way in Access to have "ship" highlighted
> wherever it shows up on the report? For example, there are many databases
> out there that highlight your search term in the web page or document that
> shows up in the results.
>
> Thanks.
>
> Michael O

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