Drew, Thanks, I have been trying this, as that is what the instructions say, BUT I have now found that on the Mac Ctrl+cllick does nothing.
You need to click on the control, which selects both the data control and label (as does cntrl+click) and then hold down the Command key and click on the data control again to select it without the label. then clicking again opens up the context menu. All a bit confusing until you realise how it works. :-) Thanks again, Graham 2008/10/31 Drew Jensen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: >>-----Original Message----- >>From: Graham Smith [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >> >>I am in design view on a Mac with neooffice. If I double tap (right >>click) on a field to get the context menu and then select controls, I >>get "properties:multiselection" instead of propetries:field name. >> >>Mysteriously, I have managed to get the properties:filed name to pop >>up once, but not again. Is there some secret to get this to work. >> > > Hello Graham, > > Well, just a guess here. > > If you used the form wizard to create the form originally then for each field > in the table a control is added to the form and bound to the field, there is > also an associated label control added to the form. > > The control, bound to the field, and the label control are then 'grouped' > together, so that when you select one you select both. What you want to do is > to select ONLY the data control - one simple way is to hold down the CTRL key > while clicking on the control with the mouse. Then with the control selected > alone right click the mouse over it and select 'Control' from the pop-up > menu. You should now see the property editor with all of the properties for > this particular control type. > > HTH > > Drew > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
