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Suggins
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Aug 04, 2021

access status bar show half height

Access 365. My status bar is half height. Record numbers etc. shows only half and are hard to read. Happened a few years back, but don't remember what the fix is. I'm a extremely low level Access u...
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    isladogs
    Dec 13, 2022

    Sjraar 

    This issue also came up in the thread at another forum https://www.access-programmers.co.uk/forums/threads/office-365-record-selector-bar-is-partly-hidden.325930/.

    Another forum member suggested the cause & I can now reliably replicate the issue (tested on 2 PCs) as well as describing the fix

    The screenshot below shows my Access window with a form & 2 queries all showing part of the navigation bar hidden

     

    Notice the huge size of the text in the Access menu, nav pane & status bar .... that's the cause

     

    I had previously tested increasing the scaling in Windows settings but that doesn't cause the issue as all screen elements are scaled up by the same amount.

     

    However changing Make Text Bigger in Windows settings by moving the slider to the right does cause the issuebecause the text size is increased but other design elements remain unchanged

     

    To fix the problem, move the slider significantly to the left and click apply.

    The default setting is at the extreme left (100%)

    Close & re-open Access and all should now be fine

     

    If you need text to be larger, then I suggest using the Make Everything Bigger scaling in Windows Settings instead e.g. 125% or 150% so everything increases in proportion.

     

    Please can anyone affected by ths issue test the above & report back on whether it solves your issue

    Thanks

     

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