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When using Word to create a mail merge for projects with several thousand created/merged documents, Word takes too long. When embedding a Word document in an Access report, and placing bound text controls which overlay the Word doc, Access is many times faster. My problem is when placing some...

**feature notes** I thought about the default field value, which can be set in the table design view. I changed the value from blank to "". This did not help. (The field is one of type Text). Microsoft Access needs a "Automatic Anything Off" checkbox! Thanks for the replies.

While in datasheet view, i enter a value in a text field, then press the down arrow key. Access then places (on it's own i might add), a value (from %$&$% thin air) which it must believe i wanted to add. The value seems to be a prediction of what should be in the field, based on previous...