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Your last solution gives an error, but your first two solutions seem to work.
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Woah, how'd I type that? &nbsp;My mind must have been somewhere else. &nbsp;Here's what I intended to type:<br />

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I did what you stated, but received a message stating, &quot;Object doesn't support this property or method&quot;.
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With that last method, the TabStop properties should be set to 'Yes'.
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I am still getting an error. However, your first two solutions seem to work, so I think I will just go with either of them.
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I have created a form with three tabs. The problem I am faced with is when I click on a particular tab the contents in the field show up as being highlighted (see attached). This is a bit hard on the eyes. Is there a way to prevent this from happening? I would rather just have the cursor at the beginning of the text.<br />
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I have created a form with three tabs. The problem I am faced with is when I click on a particular tab the contents in the field show up as being highlighted (see attached). This is a bit hard on the eyes. Is there a way to prevent this from happening? I would rather just have the cursor at the beginning of the text.

Your last solution gives an error, but your first two solutions seem to work.

Woah, how&#39;d I type that?  My mind must have been somewhere else.  Here&#39;s what I intended to type:
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I did what you stated, but received a message stating, &quot;Object doesn&#39;t support this property or method&quot;.

With that last method, the TabStop properties should be set to &#39;Yes&#39;.

I am still getting an error. However, your first two solutions seem to work, so I think I will just go with either of them.

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