Thank you for your replies. Yes I tend to agree with you however our client advises this occurs on all their computers.
We have tested the Access app on our one XP test machine in our office and it occurs, so it does point to perhaps an XP issue...
When I am viewing a form and click in a field and select the text (so it is highlighted) the vertical parts of some letters e.g. J l k t etc show elements of red and other colours making the highlighted words difficult to read.
This is occurring in an Access 2007 database running on XP (it is...