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increasing the number of characters in a field...

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breaker11

breaker11

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Jul 12, 2001
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I am hoping this a quick and easy question, I was wondering how to increase the amount of "typing" space in a text box. Right now I am limited to 50 characters, but need more space to type. Please help, any suggestions are helpful.
 
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under table design view change the field size property from 50 to what ever you want (up to 255)
 
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