Hi Marty, I'm not sure I'm with you yet, but when you are in design mode of the form and select the 'box', what are the property settings? Is it bound to a data source, and is it enabled for data entry? Is your form recordsource a query or table. If the field is unbound, it has no place to save, no table or field to write back to, so you could enter it on the form, but when you switch to a new record, it will be lost. A query, if that is your recordsource, may not be updatable, however, it sounds like your other data is saving, with the exception of the memo field. I guess what's puzzling me is the groups of information joining vertical/horizontal lines around , a 'box'. That's where I'm not with you yet in understanding of what the field is and where it's coming from. Thanks, Cathy "Aerial Photography Directory" <Webmaster@aerial-photography- america.com> To Sent by: mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx mso-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx cc 02/07/2007 07:36 PM Please respond to mso Subject [mso] Re: MS Access :VSMail mx2 Hello Cathy, Thank you for pursuing this. I had these options when I setup my database, Table view Queries view and= Form view. I choose Queries view. Then I set up a form from there. When= I set up my form one of the field options was "memo" When I look at my= form all the groups of information have joined vertical and horizontal= joined lines around the information. I call these joined lines a "BOX" The box with the disappearing information is the one called "memo" Thank you again. Marty ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The information transmitted is intended only for the person or entity to which it is addressed and may contain proprietary, business-confidential and/or privileged material. If you are not the intended recipient of this message you are hereby notified that any use, review, retransmission, dissemination, distribution, reproduction or any action taken in reliance upon this message is prohibited. If you received this in error, please contact the sender and delete the material from any computer. Any views expressed in this message are those of the individual sender and may not necessarily reflect the views of the company. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ************************************************************* 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 *************************************************************