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you can use conditional formatting...<br />
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click on your control, go to format=&gt;conditional formating<br />
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Then you get a drop box- choose &quot;Field has focus&quot; and choose that you want the background color to be yellow... then just click ok...<br />
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Mike
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you can use conditional formatting...

click on your control, go to format=>conditional formating

Then you get a drop box- choose "Field has focus" and choose that you want the background color to be yellow... then just click ok...

Mike

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wow... that was a suprise... I thought you mean the active field... not all of them!
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wow... that was a suprise... I thought you mean the active field... not all of them!

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sometimes they just want a &quot;non-expert&quot; answer i guess!
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sometimes they just want a "non-expert" answer i guess!

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I have a form and when the user tabs through it i would like to change the text box background to a light yellow (or any other box for that matter.<br />
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Any suggestions?<br />
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Thanks
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I have a form and when the user tabs through it i would like to change the text box background to a light yellow (or any other box for that matter.

Any suggestions?

Thanks

Change color of text box on tab

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