>I'm still trying to create my first form & am having lots of fundamental problems.

Hang in there! I'm still a relative "newbie", and the UT has been a lifesaver for me on many occasions. The folks out here are wonderful ... incredibly knowledgable and helpful.

>1) In a "Save" command button, I have the code =TABLEUPDATE()
>I then added the line APPEND BLANK. When I didn't have this line, I always wrote the data to the first record. With the append blank line, I add an extra blank record and don't overwrite the first record. I don't understand what's happening.

Just an aside. Barbara recently gave me the advice of using the INSERT INTO command to add new records to my tables instead of APPEND BLANK and it's working like a charm. You might want to look into it as well.

Good luck!

Mandy