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Set the Required property for a field to Yes In the Navigation Pane, right-click the table and then click Design View. Select the field that you want to require always has a value. In the Field Properties pane, on the General tab, set the Required property to Yes.

A general rule of thumb is to put an asterisk symbol next to a required field label with a tiny note in the header/footer saying, '* symbol indicates this field is required' message.

Required attribute: If you want to make an input mandatory to be entered by the user, you can use the required attribute. This attribute can be used with any input type such as email, URL, text, file, password, checkbox, radio, etc. This can help to make any input field mandatory.

Use asterisks to indicate required fields? Another common approach seen in forms is to mark the mandatory fields with an asterisk and not mark the optional fields. While an asterisk to the left of the label makes it easy to see, it assumes a user understands what this means.

On each form, mandatory fields must be clearly indicated: A distinctive sign (?*? symbol, ?mandatory? mention, etc.) ... If a symbol is used to declare mandatory fields, a statement placed at the beginning of the form must indicate that the symbol stands for a mandatory field.

Add (optional) at the end of the label The best way to indicate optional is to add the word in parenthesis after the label. It's easy to read and visually connected to the label that it is referring to.

After inserting a form field, click the Properties button to get its properties dialog, which is different from the one for content controls. Put the field's name in the "Bookmark" box -- that name is what the macro will use to identify the field. In the Exit dropdown, select the name of the macro (MustFillIn).

When a mandatory field is available in the form, it means user should fill that field without fail.