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Show instructions for a control in the status bar

1. Open a form or report in Design view.
2. Make sure that the control is selected, and then click Properties on the Form Design or Report Design toolbar to open its property sheet.
3. In the StatusBarText property box, type the message that you want to display for the control.

   You can enter up to 255 characters, but Microsoft Access can only display as much text as will fit in the status bar. The amount of text that can be displayed varies according to the font you use and whether you resize the Access window.

Note  This procedure does not apply to data access pages.