That did it Ken. Oddly, when I typed it in, kept getting syntax error then copied EXACTLY same thing from Access Help and it worked! I made screen shots to compare and they are exactly the same. Well, problem solved for now but weird. Thanks. /gl -----Original Message----- From: Ken Grubb [mailto:KGRUBB@xxxxxxxxxxxx] Sent: Saturday, April 27, 2002 1:31 PM To: mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [mso] Re: Access Text String Format Glenda Wells asked: > Is there any way to format a field within a text string? > I want to use a social security field within a string. Another solution: Format([SSN],"@@@-@@-@@@@") Ken Grubb Burlington, NC ************************************************************* PLEASE READ!!!! This is not S*P*A*M! You are receiving this mail because you either subscribed to mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx or to it's earlier version, MicrosoftOffice@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To Unsubscribe from this group, send an email to mso-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with a subject line that says "unsubscribe" (without the quotes). Do not put unsubscribe IN CAPS. Screaming doesn't get you out any faster and the caps prevent the function from working. To change your email settings to digest or vacation (no mail), visit the group's homepage for full instructions. //www.freelists.org/webpage/mso ************************************************************* ************************************************************* PLEASE READ!!!! This is not S*P*A*M! You are receiving this mail because you either subscribed to mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx or to it's earlier version, MicrosoftOffice@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To Unsubscribe from this group, send an email to mso-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with a subject line that says "unsubscribe" (without the quotes). Do not put unsubscribe IN CAPS. Screaming doesn't get you out any faster and the caps prevent the function from working. To change your email settings to digest or vacation (no mail), visit the group's homepage for full instructions. //www.freelists.org/webpage/mso *************************************************************