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khippen
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Jun 11, 2026

Text Truncation in Access Report Controls

Around May 14, 2026, we began experiencing text truncation on the right side of text box controls in Access (Office 365) reports. Approximately 2–4 characters are cut off whenever font size is below 10pt. All reports in our environment are affected and the problem was not present prior to May 14.

We ruled out layout as a contributing factor by verifying page size, margins, report width, control dimensions, padding, and layering were all correctly set. No layout changes resolved the issue. The problem does not occur when font size is set to 10pt or higher, suggesting the update affected font metric calculations for small font sizes.

Steps taken without resolution include adjusting all report and control sizing properties, testing multiple default printer configurations including Microsoft Print to PDF and Adobe PDF, and verifying Windows display scaling was set to 100%.

If anyone has any solutions, please let me know! Thank you for your time.

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  • Karl_Donaubauer's avatar
    Karl_Donaubauer
    MVP
    Jun 11, 2026

    Hi,

    I don't see a problem with fonts <10pt in the latest Access 365 version. So it doesn't seem to be a general issue. You should provide more information about the circumstances:

    1. A version and build number of Office/Access where it happens for you. You can see this information on the right side of the File - Account screen or you can press Ctrl+G in Access and paste this in the Immediate Window of the VBA editor followed by Enter:

    ?SysCmd(acSysCmdGetFullVersion)

    2. Can you provide a small accdb with a report where the problem happens?

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