ACC: Allowing an Ampersand to Appear in a Caption

ID: Q90090

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SUMMARY

Novice: Requires knowledge of the user interface on single-user computers.

A caption containing an ampersand (&) will result in a value that replaces the ampersand with an underscore character (_). For example, entering the caption 


   Jack & Jill


in the property sheet will result in the following caption on the form or control: 


   Jack _Jill


MORE INFORMATION

Microsoft Access allows you to underline a character in a caption, giving it ALT key access, by specifying an ampersand before the character that is to be underlined. Because the ampersand appears before the space in the following caption 


   Jack & Jill


Microsoft Access assumes that the intention is to underline the space following the ampersand.

If an ampersand is to appear in a caption, you must specify two ampersand characters in a row. For example, entering the following caption in the property sheet 


   Jack && Jill


will result in the following caption in the resulting form or control: 


   Jack & Jill

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Keywords          : kbusage FmsHowto 
Version           : 1.0 1.1 2.0 7.0
Platform          : WINDOWS 
Issue type        : kbhowto

Last Reviewed: March 10, 1999