Highlight text in an Access Form

[SantasLittleHelper]

There is a field on a form in Access which is used to type notes. Is it possible to allow the person who is typing the notes to be able to highlight certain parts of the notes? (e.g the bold text below would be highlighted)

​'01/01/2017 - Tried to call today but no answer. I have left a message for them to get back to me.'

Is it possible to do this?

 

[Norie]

What data type is the field?

If it's a Memo field then you can set it's Text Format property to Rich Text and that will allow the user to format the text.

 

[SantasLittleHelper]

It is currently 'Long Text'. How can I change it to Memo and would this remove any text that is already in these fields?

 

[Norie]

Apparently, and I didn't know this, 'Memo' fields have been renamed 'Long Text' fields, so you shouldn't need to change anything.

 

[SantasLittleHelper]

so I will just need to change the Format to Rich Text? And will this remove the current data in the field when converting from Plain to Rich Text?

 

[Norie]

As far as I know changing the format to Rich Text won't remove any data though but it will become HTML encoded.

 

[SantasLittleHelper]

Okay thanks