Display a custom field description in a query's status bar

You can customize the description that is displayed when you click in a field in a query's results.

1. Open a query in Design view.
   
   
2. Click the field in the design grid whose description you want to change, and then click Properties on the toolbar to display the field's property sheet.
   
   
3. In the Description property, type the description you want the status bar to display for that field in the query's results. The maximum length is 255 characters.

Users will see the new description in the status bar when they click in the field in query Datasheet view.