Sorry, I didn't read your question properly.
1. Open your form in design view, and select the text box to be formatted.
2. Choose Conditional Formatting on the Format menu, and set Condition 1 to:
Expression Is ... [xxx] = True
replacing "xxx" with the name of your check box.
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"mugen" <z@brainless.net> wrote in message
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thanks..
it's not the back colour of the check box i want to change.
i'd like a text box (that is showing different information) in the same
form.. to have it's background change colour when the checkbox it ticked..
is this possibble