I have ContactName and ContactPhone fields that I want to merge in an unbound control (=[contactname] & " - " & [contactphone]) on a report...however, I store the phone# without any symbols in a text field, and I use input masks to format the phone# to look like (123) 456-7890. I can't seem to find a way to format the phone# in the unbound control. Is it possible to format just the phone number in the unbound control, or does this have to be done elsewhere? thanks for any input!