>As long as the next record appears without having to scroll the contents
>of the grid, I figured out how to set focus to the description cell of the
>new record. However, when the control scrolls, the focus switches to
>the FIRST visible record's description cell at the top of the grid no matter
>what I code. Any ideas why and/or how to fix it?

Check the Microsoft Knowledge Base for Grids and SetFocus. There are some hints there. Also, you might want to try Before/AfterRowColChange, rather than LostFocus.....