HI Anthony, James, Dian, I didn't realize the complexity my simple question could spawn. My problem was solved by Terry Wickenden in the Google Newsgroup to which Anthony made reference. See below my signature. Notice I've added the word "Access" to the subject line of this reply. I'm very grateful for all the help I have received from you. Ray Shapp ***************from Google Newsgroup********* From: Terry Wickenden Subject: Re: acCmdFind in Access2000 Newsgroups: comp.databases.ms-access Date: 2001-08-28 12:25:06 PST If you are talking about generally then its Tools, Options, Edit/Find tab and then select General Search ************************************************************* 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, send an email to mso-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word "unsubscribe" (without the quotes) in the subject line. Or, visit the group's homepage and use the dropdown menu. This will also allow you to change your email settings to digest or vacation (no mail). //www.freelists.org/webpage/mso To be able to use the files section for sharing files with the group, send a request to mso-moderators@xxxxxxxxxxxxx and you will be sent an invitation with instructions. Once you are a member of the files group, you can go here to upload/download files: http://www.smartgroups.com/vault/msofiles *************************************************************