>have a grid with a recordsource=table1. button to "insert to table1". the button code inserts a row into table1. i then refresh the grid. the new row displays as the last row (not certain this will always be true, table1 is ordered by a nonunique index). how can i find my newly inserted row in the grid to highlight (setfocus?) its column1? how do i highlight? is it the same as column1.setfocus()? sorry but i am very confused abouf activerow, activaterow, and relativerow.

When you SETFOCUS() to the grid, you will be "standing" on the newly added record; you don´t have to do anything.

HTH!