Tabing in a data entry form

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When I press the tab button in form view in a form a made for data entry, the
curser skips around in crazy patterns... box to box... possibly in the order
in which I inserted the fields into the form. What determines tab order and
how can I change the order?
 
Easiest way is to click View > Tab Order in form design view and set your
preferences there. You can also use a control's property sheet (Other) to
indicate whether or not that control is a tab stop (i.e. whether pressing the
Tab key will ever land you on that control) and which number it is in the tab
order (the Tab Index, which starts on 0).
 
open the form in design view, and click the Tab Order button on the toolbar,
or click View | Tab Order on the menu bar. click in the gray box next to a
control name in the list, and then click-and-drag to move the row to a
different place in the order. continue until the control name list is in the
tab order you want.

hth
 
Thanks!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

BruceM said:
Easiest way is to click View > Tab Order in form design view and set your
preferences there. You can also use a control's property sheet (Other) to
indicate whether or not that control is a tab stop (i.e. whether pressing the
Tab key will ever land you on that control) and which number it is in the tab
order (the Tab Index, which starts on 0).
Click to expand...
 
I am in design view of the form I have made but there is no tab order on the
View drop down
 
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