input masks

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Hi.
Following instructions for Field properties, it tells me
L = letter must be entered
? = may be entered
= characters to right are converted to upper case
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< = characters to right are converted to lower case

and quoting from the book it says
i.e. >L<????????? will result = Jackson

first character Uppercase and the rest lower case is what I am trying to do.
But I get in data sheet L?????????jackson
and when I click into the cell, only jackson shows.
When I go back to design view the input mask has changed to ><"L??????????"

Have I missed something? or is it a typo in the book?
Thanks for any help on this
 
Well mistery solved. The part in the chapter that talks about the format
property, said for examples (see page 25 ).
which I did, but when I RE-READ the chapter to fnd out what I was doing
wrong, I noticed that the bit about the 'Input mask' said (see page 26). But
in fact that was on page 25 too, which is why I was reading it to mean for
the formal property.
Well that's my excuse anyhow.
The book assumes that I am not stupid, I wish.
 
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