baldeagle,
On a Continuous Form, Access wants to handle all of the "vertical" manipulation.
That's why when you put in "unbound" controls, it replicates them, and (prior to
Conditional Formatting) all of the row's colors were the same.
If you put a subform to the side, you can display what you want, but don't expect
to have any vertical <--> vertical synchronization between them.
What did you have in mind to put in the "Sider"? As long as it relates to the
Continuous Form's CurrentRecord (and not its relative position), you should be OK.
Wayne