Spacebar is not a valid keyboard shortcut

Microsoft Office Access 2003

Spacebar is not a valid keyboard shortcut

The selected label has an invalid shortcut key assigned to it. The ampersand (&) in the caption text is followed by a space.

You can do one or more of the following:

  • To choose from a list of suggested captions, point to Change Caption on the Error Checking Options Trace Error menu and select the caption you want.
  • To edit the Caption property in the property sheet, click Edit Caption Property on the Error Checking Options menu.
  • To ignore this error and hide the Error Checking Options button, click Ignore Error on the Error Checking Options menu.
  • To turn off error checking for labels with invalid shortcut keys, click Error Checking Options on the Error Checking Options menu. On the Error Checking tab, under Form/Report Design Rules, clear the Keyboard shortcut errors check box.

    Note  You can also access the Error Checking tab by clicking Options on the Tools menu, and then clicking the Error Checking tab.