You can try something like this:

    Dim X As Long
    
    DoCmd.OpenForm "CustomerListF", , , , acFormEdit
    DoCmd.GoToRecord acDataForm, "CustomerListF", acLast
    Forms!CustomerListF!FirstName.SetFocus
    
    X = 1
    DoCmd.Echo False
    While X < 5
        DoCmd.GoToRecord acDataForm, "CustomerListF", acPrevious
        X = X + 1
    Wend
    DoCmd.Echo True
    DoCmd.GoToRecord acDataForm, "CustomerListF", acNewRec

Perfect Kevin,

Thank you very much.

Kim

You're welcome.

I have a continuous form as a child to a main item form.
The continuous form lists maintenance history events of the master form and is bound to a separate history table where all items history are listed chronologically.
  The item form has it's own item table.

I'm wondering would the above code or a similar approach to the problem work to limit the continuous form to the last 10 records?

To select the Top X of a Recordset is much simpler.

For Example:
    Me.RecordSource = "SELECT Top 10 * FROM OrderListQ ORDER BY OrderTotal DESC"

To get the Last 10 records (sorted descending by ID)
    Me.RecordSource = "SELECT Top 10 * FROM OrderListQ ORDER BY OrderID DESC"

Top X

Thanks Kevin -- this works after a fashion -- but in my case the top 10 are the top 10 of the total history file and because the id field is linked to the master form you get only some of the records instead of 10 since id's of other items  are in that history file.

I didn't put "Me." In the record source property since I'm already in the record source property of the continuous form. Is that why I need the "Me."?