Thanks for your help, but albert Kallal answered this for me in another area.
"ruralguy via AccessMonster.com" wrote:
> Is your SubForm bound to a query that does not contain all of the fields?
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> Twb wrote:
> >i've created a sub form when i go to the design of this form and open the
> >"field list" it does not show all the fileds from the subform just the fields
> >for the first table of the form.
> >
> >i use this form to create a mail merge but i't does not work as the data
> >source does not show all the fields used in my main letter.
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> RuralGuy (RG for short) aka Allan Bunch MS Access MVP - acXP WinXP Pro
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