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I did that already but when I put the semi colon after the first field mark like SUBS Converted 2::Fax ; "2" & SUBS Converted 2::Fax I get the following error message "an operator(e.g. +,-,*...)is expected here" when I click the OK button. If I put in an ampersand it lets me save it like in SUBS Converted 2::Fax & "2" & SUBS Converted 2::Fax But it does absolutely nothing. Am I not understanding the syntax? I entered it just as you said, but it says its no good. BTW the # after the word fax is part of the field. the field is "Fax #" Could that be part of the problem? Thanks Bill

Thanks I appreciate the help Here is the line I'm having trouble with SUBS Converted 2::Fax # &"1" & SUBS Converted 2::Fax # Of course im running this in a loop, which works fine. But this does nothing. When I try to add the semi colon as you have it, I get a bunch of error messages. What am I doing wrong. SUBS Converted 2::Fax # <- is the actual field name - sorry.

I have read most the manual, and unless I can get someone to answer this I'm going to go nuts. In the scripts, how do I change the setting so the cursor starts at the front of a text string when it moves to a field. I need to paste a "1" at the start of a phone number string. Is there some property that I have not seen that changes the insert point. the manual says to change it, but not how. I worked around it by copying, clearing, inserting text, then pasting. Thats like 5 steps to do 1 thing. Anyone, please.