Ricky's method is good if <br>1. people will only be entering into a form, not directly nto the table, and<br>2. if you only have one form for edit or adds of those filelds, or<br>3. if you only want to make certain fields required based on the value of other fields.<br><br>BTW, if you make the field required in the table design, it will automatically carry through to any controls that call that field when you build subsequent forms. If you've <i>already</i> built added the form and added the controls, the design change won't update the existing controls' properties. You would need to delete the control from the existing form and add it again to obtain the new default properties, or of course manually reset the control's properties.