[mso] Re: Data entry in Access 2003

 
In a message dated 4/2/2008 6:02:20 PM Eastern Daylight Time,  
smartware@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx writes:
In 2003  for me I get different effects for horizontal vs vertical.  With  
horizontal:

- If I use tab to move between fields, it will  pre-fill.
- If I use right arrow to move between fields (which is what I  do) or mouse, 
it doesn't pre-fill

With vertical (using down arrow  or mouse), it will pre-fill.

But it only does it if the difference is  +1 or +2, not for any other 
increments I've tried.  And the suggested  number is highlighted ready to 
simply be overtyped.

So it shouldn't  slow you down at all.  No extra keystrokes are needed.

And just  occasionally, it's right.  :-)

Regards, Dave  S



Thank you Dave (and Robert). I agree it's just one keystroke (and I never  
enter data down - just across). But I'm used to using the Tab or Enter key -  
switching to right arrow would be very klunky for me (my fingers know where Tab 
 
and Enter are, but they would have to go hunting for the arrow  <grin>).
 
The highlighting and overtyping is fine for text columns, but a date column  
with an input editing rule causes an error popup - VERY annoying.
 
Onward and upward!
 
Peter
 



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