So you're not trying to add () around a field name. You're trying to surround the field values.
If done in the report design I think you'd have to hide the [Wife] control and add a calculated one wherein the controlsource property would be
="(" & NameOfWifeControl & ")"
However, I think the better approach is to calculate (concatenate) in the query behind the report and bind Wife control to the calculated field, which is what WGM is saying (I think). If your report is based on a table, then change it to a query. IMO all forms and reports should be based on queries and not tables anyway. You might want to use IIF to calculate that so you don't end up with () where there is no spouse.
EDIT - If you set the textbox to 0 height and use CanGrow property, you might be able to avoid a blank line where there is no spouse. Can't recall if that property works in print preview. Or have (no spouse) if there isn't one and you don't want a blank line in any case.
ALL I WANT TO DO IS SURROUND A FIELD NAME NAMED "[Wife]" WITH PARENTHESES!
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And yet you show an example of where the () are wrapped not around a field name but a field value. I don't think you know what you want, but I know what you first asked for.
Goodbye and good luck.What I want to do is add Parentheses around a field name in my access report, e.g., ([Wife]) with [Wife] being the field name.
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