Hello,

I need to create an 'initial' field from a first name field, so I only need
the first letter of the firstname. I believe it is some sort of 'ADVANCE'
function however I am having trouble making it work. Can anyone suggest the
switch I need to do this?

Many thanks,
Chris

You can't do this with fields. The simplest plan would be to derive the
initial in your data source; however you may be able to do it with vba. If
you are using Outlook as a data source - see the example at
http://www.gmayor.com/Macrobutton.htm -
Macro Code to insert name and address from Outlook (with title and initial)


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Chris Stammers wrote:
Hello,

I need to create an 'initial' field from a first name field, so I
only need the first letter of the firstname. I believe it is some
sort of 'ADVANCE' function however I am having trouble making it
work. Can anyone suggest the switch I need to do this?

Many thanks,
Chris