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    Solved Sum of one filed based on Yes/No field value

    Just do a Dcount
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    acCmdSpelling doesn't move out of field when spell check is done

    Must admit I have used the Word spell-checker for years similar to the suggested use of Excel above. Works well.
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    Postal service

    Very rose tinted view of the Railways pre-privatisation - to everyday users they appeared to be run by the unions for the benefit of the unions. Service was abysmal, customer care something you looked up in a dictionary, punctuality non-existent and when closures happened there was no such...
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    No Cheer Here

    And even then wreaths are only Christmassy in passing - I associate them with funerals! :)
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    Postal service

    The problem with privatization is the same as with outsourcing. You are eating your seed corn for short term gain. Privatization for resources which are required for the function of government seem to me to be something that should never be outsourced -eg, armed forces (especially pay)...
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    Microsoft removes the ban

    Just don't plug in your ethernet cable - not all of us use Wi-fi to connect!
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    Orlando Shootings

    No I didn't! And don't get me started on the explosion of knife crime!
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    Orlando Shootings

    Just remember 'Gun Controls' a strange beast - in the UK which has some of the most stringent gun laws in the world the incidence of gun related crime has gone through the roof since all guns were banned!
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    Microsoft removes the ban

    Agreed but version 8.1 worked well. The worst version was Windows Millennium!
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    Microsoft removes the ban

    I will continue to use older versions of windows - the only reason I upgraded to Win 10 was I couldn't find a replacement copy of 8.1 to mount on my PC when I had to have a new hard drive. I now keep a clone of my SSD, updating it monthly or when I mount a new applicatio (seldom). For me the...
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    Microsoft removes the ban

    Given that my laptop is still running Windows 7 and Office 2003 there is normally no need to upgrade just because MS tells you to! It actually smacks of MS realising that they actually could make Win 11 run on earlier hardware, when a boss invited the programmers to an 'interview without...
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    MS Access

    When you come down to it there is just nothing to compete with Access for the jobs it does. Last week for instance I was diagnosed with high blood pressure and now have to keep a record of pressure readings 4 times a day. Within two hours I had an Access database up and running to do the job...
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    MS Access

    Ah the good old days again. Access 1.0 cost me just £19 (which seemed quite a lot then even though it was a special offer) and 1.1 was a free upgrade. Then I got given a 3 free copies of Ver 2.0 at the UK launch at the US Embassy in London.
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    How old is your mouse? and How Many Buttons does it have?

    Interesting as the descriptions of mice are I'm just as interested in keyboards. I actually use a German QWERTZ keyboard though I seldom type much in German these days. What I like is the flexibility of easy access to various accents in most European languages, especially it is much better for...
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    Great news for me

    My house is worth -(minus)£36,000! That's what it cost me to 'down-size' from a four bedroom houe in Newark to three bed in Norwich! Which all goes to show that house value is purely subjective.
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    How old is your mouse? and How Many Buttons does it have?

    My mouse is Logitech which I had for a couple (exact number not known) of years before I retired 2008. And still going strong! The thread reminded me of the arguments over serial or PS2 mice and cleaning the ball on mechanical mice before laser mice.
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    CSV or Excel daily data

    I agree with getting both for testing. My choice is CSV because with Access import specs you have a good chance of getting the data the way you want it. HOWEVER (and it's a big however) find out how the CSV files are generated. If they are being generated in Excel adds are you are getting...
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    Solved How to make a form to enter multiple entries in table with same form

    I know this post may seem a little dismissive or rude but it's not meant to be so please don't be offended. There are ideas above which will help solve your problem in the short term, but the nub of the problem depends on having a decent data structure to start with as suggested by the The Doc...
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    VBA Conditional Formatting error because I have more than 3 formatting requirements.

    Has anyone who has provided the solutions which I am about to use (thanks) used the code to also apply formatting as well as the colours? eg, underlines and italics etc which I use when pre-applying CFs at design stage. I'll obviously find out when I try it but was just interested. *** IGNORE...
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    VBA Conditional Formatting error because I have more than 3 formatting requirements.

    As an aside one wonders if the three limit is the bug, or the redesign of the conditional formatting dialog to allow more than three to be defined?
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