>Hi all,
>
>I posted this message on the VB and Office/Access forum but there was no one there to respond.
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>How do I specify in the Access 97 form designer for a text box that I DON'T want to select all the text in the field when entering the text box. I don't see any properties for SelectOnEntry etc. and there don't seem to be any options for this.
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>Thanks for your help!
>
>-JT

Try this,

go to the Tools menu, choose options.

Go to the Keyboard tab and select what you want Access to do on the upper right-hand side (Behavior entering field box).

It should be on "Select entire field" at the moment, just choose one of the other options and that's it!

Hugo