Richard,

One addition to last post.  It must be a Drop down list.  Pop menus 
don't see to pop up until you click into the field.

Regards
Bruce Herbach
Herbach Consulting
FileMaker 9,10,11 Certified Developer

On 12/1/11 4:52 PM, Richard S. Russell wrote:
> OK, so I discovered that I can use an en dash (on a Mac, option-hyphen) instead of a plain hyphen to LOOK LIKE a minus sign, and FMP won't treat it as a list divider.
>
> Problem #2 is still live, tho. I still can't figure out why I get no drop-down list or pop-up menu when I tab into the "Operator" field. Its contents are:
> +
> –
> *
> x
> /
> ÷
> **
> ^
> so no numbers or letters (except for that lower-case "x"). Could that somehow be suppressing the display?