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ACCESS field name error message
If I enter an incorrect field name, I get an error message: "The field name you entered does not follow Microsoft Access object-naming rules. If you pasted the name from another application, try pre...
if you Copy/Paste the Field name from Excel or another app, chances is that your pasted fieldname has "unseen" non-printable characters (usually at the end of the text).
go to the end of the pasted text and use Backspace until you can delete a "normal" character.
go to the end of the pasted text and use Backspace until you can delete a "normal" character.
Did not copy/paste. Typed new field name prob used character that won't work...but I can't get past error message box to backspace or erase entry and retry