You need to check the box to display the field properties.
I'm not sure what version of Access you are using but there is an article at
http://www.access.hookom.net/Documenter/ which explains how to create your
own reports from the results of the documenter.

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Duane Hookom
Microsoft Access MVP


"mcnews" wrote:

is there a way to view field descriptions in the database documenter?
i need to create a datadictionary that contains this information?
tia,
mcnewsxp

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