Hi,
if you make the Help screen a pop up form - set its pop up property to yes,
it will open on top of any other form.
I wouldn't make it a modal form.
To close the Help when the other form closes,
code its unload or close event like this:

If CurrentProject.AllForms("NameOfHelpScreen").IsLoad ed Then
DoCmd.Close acForm, "NameOfHelpScreen"
End If


Jeanette Cunningham -- Melbourne Victoria Australia

"mscertified" wrote in message
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Several of my screens have an associated Help screen. These are normal
forms
that just contain text. When the Help screen is accessed, I'd like the
user
to still be able to access the original form and enter data in it. When
this
form closes, I'd like the Help screen to 'go away' (if it's still there).
At
the moment, when the Help screen is displayed, I cannot get to the
original
screen. Is there some combination of the Popup and Modal properties than
can
do this?