...(that I can't reproduce here). I use the query to do a mail merge, and now the mail merge displays things like ?', ?X, "X, 6X, $X, %X, &X, 9X, *X, +X, 0X, -X, /X, OX, 1X, etc for that field instead of the actual text. I changed the field back to a text field temporarily and everything works...