In message <[email protected]>, George Spooner <[email protected]> writes >Ian, > >Having become thoroughly familiar with SpeedBMD I have now changed to WinBMD >and am having a problem with forenames that is really slowing me down. >In SpeedBMD if I tab from the Surname field and then tab again the previous >forename(s) is auto-entered. When I know that the next forename is the same >as the previous one I tend to tab twice automatically. In WinBMD when I tab >from the forename field the first name on the picklist (Ann) is >auto-entered. That's OK if I need to repeat Ann but if I am inputting a >series of any other name, for instance 'Mary', I find that I am continuously >backing-up to change the forename from Ann to whatever. Can you change the >forename field so that on hitting tab it defaults to the last entered name >rather than to the first name on the picklist please? ( la the Surname and >Districts fields). I believe that the present situation is conducive to >incorrect data input because I found that I had incorrectly entered three >records before I noticed what was happening. This obviously would not be a >problem for anyone who is not familiar with SpeedBMD but *I* am finding it a >*real* pain in the posterior. Just press 0 [zero]. Philip Powell Looking north across the Derwent Valley and Northumberland to The Cheviot

My thanks to the several folk who have pointed out that repetitive forenames can be entered by using the zero key. My request to Ian was in effect, that repetitive forenames be treated the same as for repetitive Surname and District entries. I am accustomed to hitting the tab key to repeat the previous entry. It is confusing (and potentially likely to result in incorrect data entry) to use a different key to repeat an entry in one field only, when the default for other fields is to use the tab key. It is standard programming practice to use a common key stroke/sequence to achieve a standard outcome. Ian has acknowledged that there is a discrepancy and that it will be rectified in a future update to WinBMD. Geo. A supporter of the Archive CD Books project. Why? See for yourself at http://www.archivecdbooks.com