Microsoft KB Archive/828418

= You cannot create a table in design view if you enable your keyboard to use a bidirectional language =

Article ID: 828418

Article Last Modified on 4/2/2007

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Office Access 2007
 * Microsoft Office Access 2003
 * Microsoft Access 2002 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Access 2000 Standard Edition

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This article applies only to a Microsoft Access project (.adp).

Moderate: Requires basic macro, coding, and interoperability skills.



SYMPTOMS
If you enable the keyboard layout of your computer to use a right-to-left (bidirectional) language (such as Syriac) in a Microsoft Access database project, and you try to create a table in Design view, the column names in the table may appear as a sequence of square boxes. Additionally, you may not be able to save the table.

Note This problem may also occur when you enable the keyboard layout of your computer to use other languages, such as Hindi, Telugu, Gujarati, Punjabi, and Kannada.



MORE INFORMATION
Because you may not be able to create tables with field names in bidirectional languages, you can create the tables and use the English language to enter the field names.

Note You can insert the data into the table in the appropriate bidirectional language.

Steps to Reproduce the Problem

 * 1) Enable the keyboard layout of you computer to use Syriac text.
 * 2) Start Microsoft Office Access 2003 or earlier versions of Access.
 * 3) Open the sample Access database project named NorthwindCS.adp.
 * 4) In the Database window, under Objects, click Tables.
 * 5) In the right pane, double-click Create table in Design view.
 * 6) Under the Field Name column, type a column name in Syriac.

When you type the field name, the Syriac text is displayed as square boxes.

Additional query words: ACC2003 ACC2002 ACC2000 complex script ACC2007

Keywords: kbview kbdesign kbtable kbbidi kblayout kbadp kbprb KB828418

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