1. Start Microsoft Access, and then open the database you created using the Time and Billing Wizard.
2. In the Database window, click Forms under Objects, and then click Time Cards.
3. Open the Time Cards form in Design view.
4. If the Field List is not already open, on the View menu, click Field List.
5. Drag the TimeCardID field from the Field List to an empty space on the Time Cards form.
6. If the property sheet is not already open, on the View menu, click Properties.
7. Set the Visible property of the TimeCardID text box to No.
8. Save the form and close it.

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Steps to Reproduce Behavior

1. Start Microsoft Access, and then click the Access database wizards, pages, and projects option in the opening dialog box. Click OK.
2. In the New dialog box, click the Databases tab, and then select the Time and Billing template. Click OK.
3. In the File New Database dialog box, select a folder in the Save in box, type a file name for the new database in the File name box, and then click Create.
4. Click Finish on the first screen of the Database Wizard.
5. When you are prompted to type your company information, click OK, and then type Acme Supply in the Company Name box. Close the My Company Information dialog box.
6. On the Main Switchboard form, click Enter/View Clients.
7. On the Clients form, type Frank in the First Name box and Johnson in the Last Name box. Then click the Projects button and type Shelving in the Project Name box. Close the Projects form, and then close the Clients form.
8. On the Main Switchboard form, click Enter/View Other Information, and then click Enter/View Employees.
9. Create the following new records by typing the data below in the appropriate fields:

      First Name            Last Name
      -------------------------------
      John                  James
      Sara                  South
   						

   Close the Employees form.
10. On the Forms Switchboard form, click Return to Main Switchboard, and then click Enter/View Time Cards.
11. On the first record, select John James in the Employee box. Press TAB twice to move the cursor to the Date Worked field. Type 01/02/00, and then press TAB. Select Shelving in the Project list. Close the Time Cards form.
12. On the Main Switchboard form, again click Enter/View Time Cards.
13. Click the New Record navigation button, and then in the Employee window select Sara South. Notice that the date and project name entered for John James under Time Worked appears on the form.NOTE: The information is displayed erroneously, but it is not saved with the new record. Only new information that you add to the Time Worked box is actually saved with the new record.

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