# MS Access - simple problem on a form

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ms-access-simple-problem-on-a-form/329078>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [November 2, 2005, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ms-access-simple-problem-on-a-form/329078 "2005-11-02T14:32:13Z")\
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**Author:** ![Myron\_Van\_Horowitzski](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9de053/32.png) [@Myron\_Van\_Horowitzski](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Myron_Van_Horowitzski)\
**Post date:** [November 2, 2005, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ms-access-simple-problem-on-a-form/329078/21 "2005-11-02T19:59:51Z")

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I’m too lazy to do all that. If I have a field the must be filled in, I just go to the underlying table design view and set the field property to Required: Yes. Access will then prompt if that field is left blank in any object.

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