New user, presumably easy question

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Renee

Hi everyone,

I don't know what I've gotten myself into, trying to use
Access for the first time, completely unguided! However,
I've been struggling for several days and now I'm left to
just one more problem...

I am making a database of basic information for my small
place of business (contacts, addresses, and other fields).
When I first made it, everything was fine (I used the
Wizard, so it was basically made for me). THEN, my boss
decided he wanted some new fields. SO, I went into design
view and created some new boxes of the information he
wanted.

The problem is that now, with the new boxes I have made,
the information enters itself onto EVERY entry. I found
out that this is because my text boxes were 'unbound.' The
problem is when I try to bind them to something, like go
into that little ControlSource expression builder, I then
go back to my form and I get a pop-up message that
my 'field is bound to an unknown thing' (not the message
verbatim, lol). I suppose what it means is that I need to
get these new fields to actually become part of my Field
Properties; ie the original thing I made on the Wizard.

Right. So. I know this is like an Access 101 for Dummies
query, but how do I make my new box "bound" so that I can
just type in the information and have it different for
each entry?! Simple, right!?!?!?

Thank you all for taking the time to read and respond to
this pathetic cry for help. You're very nice people.

Kind regards,
Renee
 
Hi Renee, the easiest option would be to drag the field name from the Field
List "dialog". Choose menu item View > Field List, then click the new field
and drag it to you form.

Alternatively, after placing the new control, select the Data tab fom the
control properties dialog, and then select the bound field from the Control
Source property.

Cheers, Graeme.
 
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