'Here is a quick way to have a check box on a form 'toggle to all select or all deselected. IN this example 'we are updating a field in the customers table named 'Send as if we are setting the Send check box before 'you send an email. 'On your form create a check box and name it SetAll Dim db As Database Dim emprevw As Single Dim sql As String ' send all toggle check box eprevw = Me.SetAll.Value Set db = CurrentDb() If eprevw = -1 Then sql3 = "UPDATE Customers SET Customers.Send = -1" db.Execute sql3 DoCmd.Requery Else sql3 = "UPDATE Customers SET Customers.Send = 0" db.Execute sql3 DoCmd.Requery End If ' The following line would update the subform "emails" on a ' master form "emailprocessor" if you put the check box on the 'master form. Forms![emailprocessor]![Email].Form![emails].Requery