Database Window Columns

**Phobos** · Nov 12 '05, 04:02 PM

Re: Database Window Columns

Format | UnHide Columns...

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"M. Farrenkopf" <mattf*@aracnet .com> wrote in message
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> I have a database in Access 2000 that has had the Description column in[/color]
the[color=blue]
> main database window shrunk to gone. I need to restore that column so I[/color]
can[color=blue]
> see the descriptions again.
>
> Any suggestions about how to get it to reappear? Dragging the Name column
> just resizes the name. Dragging the Modified column just resizes the
> modified date. I've tried right-clicking, searching the menus, and the[/color]
help[color=blue]
> file all to no avail. I've Google'd, MVPS'd, and Knowledge Base'd for a
> solution. Perhaps I'm using the wrong keywords, but everything I find[/color]
talks[color=blue]
> about how to hide or show the database window.
>
> I'm in the middle of a migration from Access to SQL Server and need these
> descriptions to see what has and has not been done, so any suggestions
> anyone can provide would be most appreciated.
>
> Thanks,
> Matt
>
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> instructions under "Battery Tips" for a baby toy.[/color]

**M. Farrenkopf** · Nov 12 '05, 04:03 PM

Re: Database Window Columns

On Mon, 3 Nov 2003 22:38:59 -0000, Phobos <laughing@spamm ers.co.uk> wrote:[color=blue]
> Format | UnHide Columns...
>
> P[/color]

Thanks, but unfortunately I don't have a Format menu. When the database
window is selected, I've just got the standard File, Edit, View, Insert,
Tools, Window, and Help menus.

However, now I feel like an idiot. The key is to put the mouse between the
two columns and wait until the pointer looks like <-| |-> (with a space in
the middle, instead of <-|-> with the solid bar in the middle). I stumbled
onto that by accident. Once I found it, I saw my descriptions again.

Matt

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=============== =============== =============== =============== ==============
"Non-rechargeable batteries are not to be recharged." -- printed
instructions under "Battery Tips" for a baby toy.

**rkc** · Nov 12 '05, 04:03 PM

Re: Database Window Columns

"M. Farrenkopf" <mattf*@aracnet .com> wrote in message
news:slrnbqdh1c .u70.mattf*@ony x.spiritone.com ...[color=blue]
> I have a database in Access 2000 that has had the Description column in[/color]
the[color=blue]
> main database window shrunk to gone. I need to restore that column so I[/color]
can[color=blue]
> see the descriptions again.[/color]

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**Tom Wickerath** · Nov 12 '05, 04:03 PM

Re: Database Window Columns

Hi Matt,

Thanks for sharing your solution. I tried it out by shrinking the description column so
that it wasn't visible. Your solution is the only one that I could get to work!

Tom

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"M. Farrenkopf" <mattf*@aracnet .com> wrote in message
news:slrnbqdpee .3fe.mattf*@ony x.spiritone.com ...
On Mon, 3 Nov 2003 22:38:59 -0000, Phobos <laughing@spamm ers.co.uk> wrote:[color=blue]
> Format | UnHide Columns...
>
> P[/color]

Thanks, but unfortunately I don't have a Format menu. When the database
window is selected, I've just got the standard File, Edit, View, Insert,
Tools, Window, and Help menus.

However, now I feel like an idiot. The key is to put the mouse between the
two columns and wait until the pointer looks like <-| |-> (with a space in
the middle, instead of <-|-> with the solid bar in the middle). I stumbled
onto that by accident. Once I found it, I saw my descriptions again.

Matt

--
=============== =============== =============== =============== ==============
"Non-rechargeable batteries are not to be recharged." -- printed
instructions under "Battery Tips" for a baby toy.

**M. Farrenkopf** · Nov 12 '05, 04:03 PM

Re: Database Window Columns

On Tue, 04 Nov 2003 00:34:22 GMT, rkc <rkc@yabba.dabb a.do.rochester. rr.bomb>
wrote:[color=blue]
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> Details[/color]

Nope, that wasn't the problem. I had it set for Detail (although I think I
forgot to mention that in my post). It was set for Detail but the
Description field had gone away. Name, creation date, modification date,
etc. were all there, but the Description was gone.

See my second post for what turned out to be the solution. But thank you
for the input.

Matt

--
=============== =============== =============== =============== ==============
"Non-rechargeable batteries are not to be recharged." -- printed
instructions under "Battery Tips" for a baby toy.

**Phobos** · Nov 12 '05, 04:04 PM

Re: Database Window Columns

Sorry, I misread your post, I thought you had a hidden column in table view!

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"M. Farrenkopf" <mattf*@aracnet .com> wrote in message
news:slrnbqdpee .3fe.mattf*@ony x.spiritone.com ...[color=blue]
> On Mon, 3 Nov 2003 22:38:59 -0000, Phobos <laughing@spamm ers.co.uk> wrote:[color=green]
> > Format | UnHide Columns...
> >
> > P[/color]
>
> Thanks, but unfortunately I don't have a Format menu. When the database
> window is selected, I've just got the standard File, Edit, View, Insert,
> Tools, Window, and Help menus.
>
> However, now I feel like an idiot. The key is to put the mouse between[/color]
the[color=blue]
> two columns and wait until the pointer looks like <-| |-> (with a space in
> the middle, instead of <-|-> with the solid bar in the middle). I[/color]
stumbled[color=blue]
> onto that by accident. Once I found it, I saw my descriptions again.
>
> Matt
>
> --
> =============== =============== =============== =============== ==============
> "Non-rechargeable batteries are not to be recharged." -- printed
> instructions under "Battery Tips" for a baby toy.[/color]

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