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Access Tip -  Rename a field in a query

Any object based on a query displays the field names used in that query. For example, all reports and forms based on a query with a field named ADDR1 will also show ADDR1 for that field's label or header.

Rather than changing the field's label as it appears in each object derived from the query, you can use the field's Caption property to change it once in the query design grid.

 Follow these steps:

  1. Right-click the field name in the query design grid, and select Properties.

  2. On the General tab, enter a name in the Caption text box.

The name in the Caption text box now appears as the field's heading in the query's Datasheet view. All objects based on that query will also display the Caption property as the field's label or heading.

 

 

 
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