Im so stuck! i have a form based on a table for a purchase order, as you can see on the attachment, i have certain boxes on the form header and footer for example the purchase order number because it is only used for that purchase order the problem i have is i need the the form design to be able to come up but with no fields filled in only the purchase order number which i need to be an auto number but it cant be a field because i dont need a purchase order number for each individual item confusing i no but hopefully the attachment will help? any advice much apprieciatted dane