I have anywhere from a dozen to 300+ records I need to print in a report according the the boss's format. How can I number the records as they merge into a printed report?

And more globally, is there a place I can go to get "hidden" merge fields?

What's a hidden merge field? Also I am not sure what you are looking for for your first request. You want to display a different number than your record number? like a page number? ... or a sorted number?

I guess the record number is what I want. That would change depending on what sort fields were used, right? So if I sort on date, the first record, record number 1, would be the oldest. That's what I need to print. And I consider 'record number' to be a hidden field because it is not something I put into my database. For example the fields I put into the database are MY fields (name, age, address, etc.). Record number, page number, time stamp, date, etc., are THEIR fields. I consider those to be hidden. In my merge report, is it something like <>? I'm sure they are not hidden when you know where they are, so where are they listed so I know what I have access to? Is there a better way to refer to them? Intrinsic? Organic?

Use " @@ " to display the record number. I wouldn't really call it a hidden field because its not really a field but rather a display symbol.

That's exactly the kind of thing I call hidden. How do you ever learn about those? Are they documented?

Oh, and thank you!! That's what I wanted.

Again I would not consider it a hidden field because there is no "field".

Also there is documentation in the help files. I attached a link to the @@ in the previous post, but I guess that I should have made it more apparent. Here is the link.

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