Thanks - I'll give it a whirl.

Am I on the right track here or am I waaaaay oofffff (which I feel like). I have added this code in reference to the courseName field on my form.

Table Name: wbtCOURSEListTB L
Field Name: new (Y or N)

Private Sub courseName_Befo reUpdate(Cancel As Integer)

If wbtCOURSEListTB L.new = N Then
wbtCOURSEListTB L.new.FontName = Arial
Else
wbtCOURSEListTB L.new...

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Would it make more sense for me to create a field in my table, that based on the date, displays a Y or N (referring to the new course) and then have the bold red text based off of a statement using the Y or N as the controller?

I'm sorry if the way I explain this is confusing. I'm trying to be as clear as possible but I'ma newbie at this. Thanks ;-D

Sorry . . . I realize that I didn't give much to work with. I have a form, that tracks scores for the success of a course evaluation each month. When I open the form, I enter the name of the course and then the score received which writes to a table. Since many of the courses remain the same each month, I have added a feature that when I return the next month to enter that months scores, I am asked if I want to copy the course list from last month...

I'm new to Access and VBasic and have been thrown into a pretty big project so needless to say I am having difficulties. I have developed a big project (regarding my knowledge level) and need to track data from month to month.

Is there a way to create a control that will refer to the previous month and if for example, a project name, has not been entered, it will display the name in the form as bold and a different color? Then in...