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This is my take on it. It uses a table to store the mail merge name and the qry name that holds the records. Copy the Db and the word letter to a folder somewhere. When you select the word document, navigate to the sample letter and then select the mail merge data source. Once word opens...

And a mouse was, well, a mouse :p

You are probably right Bob, it's been a long time.

My favorite windows boot error: Keyboard not found. Press Esc to continue. :p

MsgBox "Yesterday was " & Format((Date - 1), "Long Date")

Or this may be more to the point http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=200551

Does this help... http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-au/library/aa159920(office.11).aspx

PS.. Bee You would be better titling your post "A couple of questions" rather that "Urgent" Folks that have been on this forum a long time and see "Urgent" think - another school project running late, and don't bother even having a look. Cheers, Dave

http://www.access-programmers.co.uk/forums/showthread.php?t=125828 Dave

Ever found you are running out of room and your forms and want the fields a bit bigger? (Who hasn't) Here's an alternative... It's a simple zoom box that can be customized to suit your needs and can be called from almost any field. I use a double click event on fields I want to allow extra...

Thanks Barry, have taken your advice and submitted it to the sample Db section for approval. Dave

How are you setting the user rights? As to the disabling... I use a Select Case on the forms load event. Select Case UserLevel Case 1 me.buttonone.enabled = true case 2 me.buttonone.enabled - false end select Dave

I have experienced a similar thing with my new laptop with wireless networking. When the wireless network is on (even editing stand alone Db's) and the network is idle, the thing slows to a dog,(in design mode) but turn off the wireless network, and it's fine. Work that out ??? Dave

Weird, very weird

The lockdown is associated with the .mdb, not Access itself. Re-installing Access will not solve this problem. If the Shift key has been bypassed, unless the person has left a way of re-enabling it, then you may be in trouble. Try opening Access from the Windows menu then create a new Db and...

That was easy

My post count is 2397, Opps Edit 2398, Opps Edit 2399, Opps Edit 2400, Opps Edit... hard to keep up

Well, it does say you are retired :p

Cheers.... Dave

Hi Racheal. To display a report with multiple columns you need to goto Page Setup in the menu (File -> Page Setup) Then the 3rd tab dictates the columns. Make the report small enough so it can multiply across the page without going off the page. Trial and error will eventually lead to a...