dr chuck,

I am not exactly sure how VBA implements this, but look at the properties
for each of the text boxes and there should be either an Index or Tab Index
that can be used for what you need. If you give them numbers from 1 to x
the Tab key will cycle through the controls in that order, and the one with
a 1 should have the focus first. Note that all controls on a form can be
cycled this way so you could cycle through each of the text boxes then give
the focus on the Tab after the last box of data is entered to a "Submit"
button, etc.

I am not positive, but I think that as each control is added to a form that
will also end up being the default Tab order.

David


"dr chuck" wrote in message
...
Somehow i got out of the text box edit mode and now i can add info to the
text box. not really sure how i did that. Is there a way to tab from one
text box to the next...?

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dr chuck


"dr chuck" wrote:

I am creating an area for users to manually enter data.
I thought i would create a text box for the user to enter data into and
then
use that data in a file name that is later created. I have no problem
creating the text box but it does not seem to be editable as a user
interface?

suggestions?

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dr chuck