Hi!
Me.txtText = "Full_Text_for_functions_testing"
Me.txtPartOfText = Mid(Me.txtText, 5, 7) 'Me.txtPartOfText = "_Text_f"
Me.txtPartOfText = Left(Me.txtText, 9) 'Me.txtPartOfText = "Full_Text"
Me.txtPartOfText = Right(Me.txtText, 9) 'Me.txtPartOfText = "s_testing"
See in the Help "Returning Strings from Functions"
Aivars