Dynamic resizing of a field on a report layout?

[B.Gordon]

Hello gurus,

I am trying to create a form which takes the free text input of a field from my database and prints it on the resulting page. The issue is that the field (text box with scroll bars) could have anything from a few words to a many paragraphs of data within it. When creating the hardcopy form, I am using mail merge fields to output the data and the part in question needs to be printed in its entirety, to be followed by other static data, which is then followed by yet more dynamic data.

How do I get a field to dynamically resize and adjust the space required automatically?

[Stuart Taylor]

make the body and text field on the print layout as big as you ever think it will need to be to print the data.

Then select the text field and (in layout mode still) and select Format/Set Printing & Sliding from the menu bar. you can make the field and body part slide up based on the content of the field.

best

Stuart