Ok.. see if I can ask this correctly... I have an option group with 8 values. Each value has corresponding text I need in one report. To do this the option group is unbound. I used VBA code with a case statement to update a new text box bound to the option group and a case statement for the form to save (convert back) the text from the bound text box back to a value so the form record updates... All works great except I have a second report that originally had an identical option group bound to the first... but it is unbound now... silly, but can I do both... without a ton of coding? One report with text and the other basically copying identically the original option group in the form?. or I can just be simple and bind the second report text box just like the first... but that would not be challenging at all.

You can do this without ANY coding at all. Simply create a lookup table for the values. Then change your key field to an integer field and bind the group to that field.

To do your reports, base the report on a query that joins to the lookup table and pull the text field into the report.