Bringing cursor to the desired field on opening Data Entry Form (1 Viewer)

A problem has cropped up in my database which has got 8 fields with Date (auto insert) and Number (autonumber) field at the top. When the form is opened for data entry, the cursor always rests on the Date field. User has to hit tab key to bring the cursor to the third field for entering data. Is there a method to bring the cursor to the third field by default so that data entry can be done straight away. One user typed a number in the Date field by mistake and the form got locked. To avoid this, I am asking this solution. Please help

on form load event setfocus to the field you want ie

fieldname.setfocus