No not a solution; but a BIG congratulation to an answer that is just that; an answer that fully answers the question post. This is a first for me on this subject. Most other leads I followed merely led to new questions.
So, thank you.
Having used MS Access since its creation (on floppies) I am still using XP Pro (why would I want to upgrade when many of the lower lever dialogues still go back to those introduced in Windows NT!). Being set up as an administrator (and the only user of my machine), I have never before struck the...