>A quick check - try hard coding for those fields: > >copy word 1 to -1 of field "myField" > >cut word 1 to -1 of field "myField" > >if the clipboard is "text" then paste > >See if any of those work. Thanks, I'll give that a try and see what happens. (It will probably be a few hours before I can do any further testing) Best regards, David C.