Is there any way to have an autonumber field include text as well as
numbers?
No. An AutoNumber field will increment the seed by one to get the next
number to assign the next new record (unless you're using an increment other
than the default or a non-incrementing AutoNumber).
I am trying to have the autonumber include a
prefix letter before it. Can this be done?
Use two fields to calculate the value in a query or in VBA. For example:
SELECT (Prefix & ID) AS Ident
FROM tblMyTable;
Or in VBA:
Me!txtIdent.Value = Me!txtPrefix.Value & Me!txtID.Value
HTH.
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