You can easily do this with the Control Tip Text property. Open your form in
design view and select the control which you want to show the format for.
Open properties and go to the Other tab. Type in your example format in the
Control Tip Text property.

Steve



"laura" wrote in message
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Things like on the forms (beside each label), how can i include a question
mark symbol that, when the mouse hovers over it, shows the format needed
for
the data that should be input? e.g. contact number - 028 90 000000