Microsoft KB Archive/285330

= ACC2002: Cannot Create Group Above a Section on a Data Access Page =

Article ID: 285330

Article Last Modified on 9/27/2006

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Access 2002 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q285330



Novice: Requires knowledge of the user interface on single-user computers.

This article applies to a Microsoft Access database (.mdb) and to a Microsoft Access project (.adp).



SYMPTOMS
If you use the right mouse button to drag a table from the field list to the data access page, and you try to add the table above another section that has a caption, all of the choices on the shortcut menu are unavailable, and you cannot add the table.



RESOLUTION
To work around this problem, use either of the following methods:
 * Although you cannot right-click and drag a table into a section above a captioned section, you can right-click and drag a field. After the new section is created, you can add the remaining fields from the table.

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 * Click the left mouse button, and then drag the table into the section above the captioned section.



STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article.



Steps to Reproduce the Behavior

 * 1) Create a new data access page in Design View.
 * 2) Right-click and drag the Orders table from the field list to the page, and add it in Tabular format.
 * 3) Right-click and drag the Customers table from the field list into the section above the Orders caption section.

Note that all items on the shortcut menu are unavailable.

