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Access changes & to _

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spluim

spluim

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May 14, 2003
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When I need to use & in a text box, access displays the symbol as _. How do I get it to display as &?
 
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Use a double ampersand - ie &&.
This is because a single & is used to create an accelerator key for a control, for example &A would let you press Ctrl A to activate a button.

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