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access status bar show half height
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
Thanks for your willingness to look at this. My test database is literally just creating any new blank database. Any objects within it where the record navigator is displayed, it is covered up (seemingly by the status bar, but turning off the status bar does not resolve just makes it covered by the Windows taskbar instead).
My Windows version is: Windows 10 Enterprise Version 21H1 - Build 10.0.19043.1889 64-bit
MS Access version is: Access 365 - Build 16.0.15726.20174 64-bit
This is on a Lenovo T15 notebook. I tried the same thing on a co-worker's similar laptop and had the same issue. I also tested on another co-worker's Lenovo desktop with similar software config and that worked normally.
Playing around more, it seems like it may be related to the Windows taskbar but I still can't resolve it. If I set the taskbar to auto-hide, it doesn't actually auto-hide but now the record navigator is completely invisible/off the bottom of the screen (previously I could only see the very top of the record nav bar, but not enough to use it) *and* the File-Options button in Access is also not visible as it's under the Windows task bar.
Fun stuff, thanks again for your willingness to look at it. I will see if I can find anything re: auto-hiding the Windows taskbar on this Lenovo model. I am also trying to track down a usb monitor to see if that works.
OK, I have a small database I can upload but cannot see how to upload it. plus a screen shot to show how it appears.
Terry
- I've been using Access for over 25 years without ever seeing this issue myself.
The only reports I've seen are in this thread.
I've asked repeatedly for example databases to be uploaded so I can test and, if appropriate, report this as a bug. I'm still waiting for someone to do so.
Any bugs can only be fixed if they are reported to the Access team. It is always helpful to supply an example database in which the issue can be reliably replicated. I do not know what caused this to start happening out of nowhere. I have used Access for well over a decade and it just suddenly started doing this. Also, why does Access not correct this? They have known about it for some time now. They have had plenty of time to fix it.
