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Select both fields in the query, the hidden field first, then the display field. The set the boundcolumn to 1 and make the columnwidth of the hidden field 0" so the property looks like 0";1";

VBSlammer
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Thanks VBslammer for the response. But I'm still not clear. Is the query you're referring to in the properties of the control on the form? Or in the query itself? Either way I don't see the boundcolumn and columnwidth properties. How do you edit the properties of the query fields?

Open your form in design mode and make sure the Properties window is open. ("View" -> "Properties")

Select the combo box. Then look at the "Data" tab in the "Properties" window.
RowSource will be a SELECT statement. For this example, will assume a Contact database...
SELECT ContactID, ContactName from tblContact

BoundColumn: 1 (This is ContactID, the first column in the SELECT statement)

Now select the "Format" tab in the "Properties" window.

ColumnCount: 2 (Matches number of columns in the SELECT statement, ContactID, ContactName)

ColumnWidths: 0";1.5" (zero length column is "hidden")

Richard