Re: Exporting reports in snapshot format

From: Wuelf (Wuelf_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 02/24/05 

Date: Thu, 24 Feb 2005 12:49:02 -0800

Why don't you use CutePDF writer (free :) which allows you to save the report
in PDF format, that way your recepients don't have to load snapshot viewer,
as long as they have acrobat reader of course and who doesn't these days.
Cheers

"Rick B" wrote:

> I think it works great. Looks just like your Access report preview. Does
> not let the end user edit or change the data - which is good in most cases,
> but bad if the recipients are used to copying the data into another program.
>
> Rick B
>
>
>
> "Leslie Isaacs" <leslie.isaacs@gp-n85011.nhs.uk> wrote in message
> news:uFqBaBoGFHA.1096@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...
> > Hello All
> >
> > I am currently using A97, but am likely to upgrade to A2003 soon.
> >
> > I need to email batches of reports (~ 5-10 reports to a batch) to various
> > recipients, who will have various versions of Office - from no version at
> > all, to Office Pro2003.
> >
> > I have been looking at "Snapshot Viewer for Access 2003, 2002, 2000, and
> > 97", downloadable from
> >
> http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=b73df33f-6d74-423d-
> > 8274-8b7e6313edfb&displaylang=en. Is this as good as it seems - i.e. free
> of
> > charge, and it preserves all the formatting of any report perfectly?
> > Obviously I would need to send instructions to all potential recipients on
> > downloading and using Snapshot Viewer, but that seems pretty trivial.
> >
> > Is there anything else I should be aware of?
> >
> > I would be grateful for any advice.
> >
> > Many thanks
> > Leslie Isaacs
> >
> >
> >
>
>
>

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