Access unwanted automatic data entry

[Pat the biologist]

when entering data in my Access table, if i use the tab ket to advance to the
next field, it often enters a number in that field. Why does it do that nad
how can I make it stop!

 

[Norman Yuan]

Are entering data direcctly into Access table? If so, stop doing that,
unless you only do it occasionally to repair data in database and you know
database design and manage it.

 

[Tom van Stiphout]

On Wed, 19 Dec 2007 14:20:02 -0800, Pat the biologist <Pat the
(e-mail address removed)> wrote:

Norman is right: use a form to enter data.

But to answer your question: Access is trying to be helpful. If it
sees you entering 1 <tab> 2 <tab> 3 <tab>, it's going to guess you
want to enter 4 in the next field. I thought there was an option to
turn that off, but now I can't find it.

-Tom.