snap-to grid less than 1 inch

[MangroveRoot]

[Access 2003 on WinXP+SP2]

A few years ago, I worked on a project in which I designed some tables,
queries, forms, and reports.

I'm reasonably certain that when I was designing the forms for that project,
I set the snap-to grid to something like 1/16", or 1/10", or 1/8" --
enough so that it was obvious that the form elements were nicely lined up
(and nicely spaced), but nothing so widely spaced as 1 whole inch apart
(origin to origin).

Now, however, I'm trying to define a new form for a totally different project,
and while I can turn the snap-to grid on and off,
I can't figure out how to set it to anything less than 1",
or, indeed, anything other than an integer number of inches from 1 thru 64.

Is my memory deranged?
Was it, possibly, only on reports that I could do that?
Doesn't make sense --
screen real estate is just as tight as paper real estate.

Or, is it possible to set the snap-to grid of a form to some fraction
of an inch, and I just haven't found it?
If the latter, would someone tell me where to find out how?

TQ

[Salad]

Re: snap-to grid less than 1 inch

MangroveRoot wrote:

[Access 2003 on WinXP+SP2]
>
A few years ago, I worked on a project in which I designed some tables,
queries, forms, and reports.
>
I'm reasonably certain that when I was designing the forms for that
project,
I set the snap-to grid to something like 1/16", or 1/10", or 1/8" --
enough so that it was obvious that the form elements were nicely lined up
(and nicely spaced), but nothing so widely spaced as 1 whole inch apart
(origin to origin).
>
Now, however, I'm trying to define a new form for a totally different
project,
and while I can turn the snap-to grid on and off,
I can't figure out how to set it to anything less than 1",
or, indeed, anything other than an integer number of inches from 1 thru 64.
>
Is my memory deranged?
Was it, possibly, only on reports that I could do that?
Doesn't make sense --
screen real estate is just as tight as paper real estate.
>
Or, is it possible to set the snap-to grid of a form to some fraction
of an inch, and I just haven't found it?
If the latter, would someone tell me where to find out how?
>
TQ

With the Form's property sheet open, look at GridX and GridY.

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[MangroveRoot]

Re: snap-to grid less than 1 inch

Salad wrote:

With the Form's property sheet open, look at GridX and GridY.

With the Form's property sheet open, look at GridX and GridY.

Those were the two properties I was trying to change,
and it wouldn't let me change them
to anything other than a whole number between 1 and 64.
The default seems to be 24.
I tried them again just now, and they still have this requirement.
If I set it to 1, and do Format -Snap to grid,
sure enough, I can only position my fields and 1" intervals.

Ah! I get it --

>>--> those numbers are the denominators of fractions of an inch.
>>--> 1/64, 1/24 (weird!), 1/16, 1/8, etc.

Too bad the Help text didn't say anything about this,
only how to turn it on and off.

How I figured this out before, I cannot guess, but thanks for your patience.
Perhaps this will help some other poor soul in a similar fix.

Thanks for pushing me to press on in that direction, Salad. :-)

[MangroveRoot]

default gridline [was: Re: snap-to grid less than 1 inch]

Just a side note to my wanderings, looking for
how to change the snap-to grid on a form.

I did find this: Tools -Options /Datasheet\ "Default gridlines showing".
However, it did not have any effect on the form in design view.
It has checkboxes to enable (or not) horizontal and/or vertical,
but only one field for the actual value.
This appears to have some effect on the datasheet view of a table
but has no effect on a form.

If I set the default gridline to 2":
* if I enable vertical default gridlines,
then if I open a table in design view and change to datasheet view,
the widths of all the columns are set to 2";
* however, if I enable *vertical* default gridlines,
then if I open a table in design view and change to datasheet view,
the height of all the rows is unaffected.

[Salad]

Re: snap-to grid less than 1 inch

MangroveRoot wrote:

Salad wrote:
>

>With the Form's property sheet open, look at GridX and GridY.

>
>

With the Form's property sheet open, look at GridX and GridY.

>
Those were the two properties I was trying to change,
and it wouldn't let me change them
to anything other than a whole number between 1 and 64.
The default seems to be 24.
I tried them again just now, and they still have this requirement.
If I set it to 1, and do Format -Snap to grid,
sure enough, I can only position my fields and 1" intervals.
>
Ah! I get it --

>>-- those numbers are the denominators of fractions of an inch.
>>-- 1/64, 1/24 (weird!), 1/16, 1/8, etc.

Too bad the Help text didn't say anything about this,
only how to turn it on and off.
>
How I figured this out before, I cannot guess, but thanks for your
patience.
Perhaps this will help some other poor soul in a similar fix.
>
Thanks for pushing me to press on in that direction, Salad. :-)

Not a prob. Your explanation of what the numbers meant was interesting.