Using "&" in a command button's caption

[Nicholas Scarpinato]

How can I use a & in a command button's caption without Access treating it as
an underline symbol for the character immediately after it? The command
button caption I need is "AT&T".

 

[Golfinray]

The & symbol is reserved in access. You should not use it in a caption. Try +
instead.

 

[BruceM]

Just enter the ampersand twice: AT&&T
Having a symbol as part of a text string, including a caption, is perfectly
OK. Symbols shouldn't be used in field, control, or object names, but that
does not extend to captions.

 

[John W. Vinson]

How can I use a & in a command button's caption without Access treating it as
an underline symbol for the character immediately after it? The command
button caption I need is "AT&T".

Double it up:

AT&&T

in the caption property will display AT&T with no underline.

The underline actually represents a hotkey - e.g. if you caption a command
button

E&XIT

it will display with the X underlined (as you saw with AT&T), but this will
let the user click the button from the keyboard by typing alt-X.

 

[Nicholas Scarpinato]

I knew about the ALT+X keystroke with the &X, but I couldn't remember how to
get around that when I needed the & to display as a &. Thank you John and
Bruce.