Ray, Easiest first: bound simply means the text box is getting its contents from a field in the record being printed. You might want to combine David's comment and mine: Make one phone number textbox that concatenates the two phone number fields and trims the result. Set its width to the length of one phone number and set both can grow and can shrink to true. It should grow and wrap to a second line when needed. As for the boxes overlapping: In design mode make sure the text boxes are all aligned so their top edges are the same. In a second row, make sure none of the first row's bottom edges overlap the top edges of anything on the second row. If you don't want to do all that work, run an update query that replaces the second phone number field contents with the result of trimming the field. If there is a space in the field it can't shrink away. Robert Tillotson BAE-IT Groton Field Office 860-441-2207 -----Original Message----- From: mso-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:mso-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Ray Shapp Sent: Wednesday, December 12, 2007 10:02 PM To: mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [mso] Re: Access 2003: How to Conditionally Print A LIne In AReport? Hi David and Robert, Thanks for responding. << If you consolidate the phone numbers into a single field and then put auto grow on to it, it might give you the results you're looking for.>> This ruins the alignment of column headings with the associated data. <<To prevent Access from printing this blank line when there is no value , you need to set the "Can Shrink" property on that field to "Yes.>> << If there is an overlap, Access will not shrink the field as desired.=20 Basically it should be the only thing on that line.>> This seems like the solution, however, I still get a second line for those members who have blank info in the 2nd_Phone field. The only item of any kind on the second line in the Detail section of the report is the place holder for 2nd_Phone. I just ran a test report by using "create report using wizard". The only field in the entire detail section of the report is 2nd_Phone. No other text boxes are specified within the detail section of the report. I did set "Can shrink"=20 to "Yes" on the Format tab of the 2nd_Phone text box.. The result is still a 55 page report, almost all pages of which are blank. I'm not sure what is meant by, "make sure that the field that you are shrinking does not overlap with any other field (either a physical overlap or another field that has the same "Top/Height" range)". What is a "Top/Height"=20 range)"? On another discussion group, I saw the comment that "the text box must be bound". What does "bound" mean in this context? Thanks again, Ray Shapp ************************************************************* You are receiving this mail because you subscribed to mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx or MicrosoftOffice@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To send mail to the group, simply address it to mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx To Unsubscribe from this group, visit the group's homepage and use the dropdown menu at the top. This will allow you to unsubscribe your email address or change your email settings to digest or vacation (no mail). http://www.freelists.org/webpage/mso To be able to share files with the group, you must join our Yahoo sister group. This group will not allow for posting of emails, but will allow you to join and share problem files, templates, etc.: http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/MicrosoftOffice . This group is for FILE SHARING ONLY. If you are using Outlook and you see a lot of unnecessary code in your email messages, read these instructions that explain why and how to fix it: http://personal-computer-tutor.com/abc3/v28/greg28.htm ************************************************************* ************************************************************* You are receiving this mail because you subscribed to mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx or MicrosoftOffice@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To send mail to the group, simply address it to mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx To Unsubscribe from this group, visit the group's homepage and use the dropdown menu at the top. This will allow you to unsubscribe your email address or change your email settings to digest or vacation (no mail). http://www.freelists.org/webpage/mso To be able to share files with the group, you must join our Yahoo sister group. This group will not allow for posting of emails, but will allow you to join and share problem files, templates, etc.: http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/MicrosoftOffice . This group is for FILE SHARING ONLY. If you are using Outlook and you see a lot of unnecessary code in your email messages, read these instructions that explain why and how to fix it: http://personal-computer-tutor.com/abc3/v28/greg28.htm *************************************************************