Susan Harkins helps readers find simple Office solutions, including how to merge Access input mask characters into a Word document and avoid unwanted replies in Outlook.

I loaded up Access and went to Insert->ActiveX Control and it shows up in my list as:<P>Microsoft Masked Edit Control, Version 6.0<P>Looks like it comes with Visual Basic.<P> Documentation <P>You ...

Right, so I've left Excel for now and am working on the next project in Access...I need to be able to have a field where the user enters phone-numbers.. All fields must have strict rules for what ...