Thanks for the help and the sugestion of dis-arming my boss, but I found an
easier way to get what I need done. Plus, he could sign my check if I cut off
his arm.

I created a form  in a blank file, moved the boxes around, changed the tabs,
and deleted some and added others, and noticed nothing messed up the Up/Down
arrows. So I returned to my form to have a look. I moved the "missing" textboxes
to another part of the form, and they still didn't get activated by the Down
Arrow. When I moved them back to their slots, I noticed they were slightly
larger than the hole. I went to properties  and made the textboxes  fit the hole,
and what do you know? The arrow  keys now work. No armless, messy boss to tangle
with.