I'm trying to design both forms and reports that contain (among other things) two types of fixed-format fields: (a) an integer of a fixed length, padded with leading zeros when necessary (e.g. 0000000123), and (b) fields with 2 decimal places, with decimals not suppressed when zero (e.g. 123.00) It seems that I should be able to set up some sort of custom format mask, but I'm lost how to do that. Peter ************************************************************* You are receiving this mail because you subscribed to mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx or MicrosoftOffice@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To send mail to the group, simply address it to mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx To Unsubscribe from this group, visit the group's homepage and use the dropdown menu at the top. This will allow you to unsubscribe your email address or change your email settings to digest or vacation (no mail). //www.freelists.org/webpage/mso If you are using Outlook and you see a lot of unnecessary code in your email messages, read these instructions that explain why and how to fix it: http://personal-computer-tutor.com/abc3/v28/greg28.htm *************************************************************