Hate to argue, Roger, but depending on what Goofy means by default
parameters, it is possible.
For example, if he's currently got a parameter [What Year?] that pops up, he
can replace [What Year?] in his query with IIf([What Year?], Year(Date()),
[What Year?]). If the user hits Enter, rather than providing a year, it will
automatically assume the current year. Of course, it's critical that both
references to [What Year?] in the IIf statement be typed identically. It may
also be helpful to put a message about the default, such as:
IIf([What Year?(Just hit enter for this year)], Year(Date()), [What
Year?(Just hit enter for this year)])
(I don't think it's possible to dynamically change the prompt so that it
fills in the value of Year(Date()))