How can I get an ampersand to appear as text in a text box?

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Ampersand in text box manipulates other text. I actually want the phrase
"MOT & E" to appear. I've tried parenthesis around the &. All I get is the
"E" underlined.

I've tried a back slash before it (Which, I think tells access that I want a
literal &). all I get is the backslash.

Any ideas?

Thanks
Paul
 
paulpenta said:
Ampersand in text box manipulates other text. I actually want the
phrase "MOT & E" to appear. I've tried parenthesis around the &.
All I get is the "E" underlined.

I've tried a back slash before it (Which, I think tells access that I
want a literal &). all I get is the backslash.
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Are you sure you aren't talking about a label, not a text box? This
happens with the captions of labels, but I'm not aware of text boxes
acting that way. The solution with labels is to double-up the
ampersand: "&&" --> "&" in the displayed caption.
 
Ampersand in text box manipulates other text. I actually want the phrase
"MOT & E" to appear. I've tried parenthesis around the &. All I get is the
"E" underlined.

I've tried a back slash before it (Which, I think tells access that I want a
literal &). all I get is the backslash.

Any ideas?
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The trick is to use && where you want to see &: "MOT && E"

John W. Vinson[MVP]
 
paulpenta said:
Thanks, Dirk. && worked and it was the body of the text box, not the
label
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I'm glad your problem is solved, but I'm curious as to what exactly is
going on. The behavior you describe is not normal for text boxes.
 
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