Doesn't this work?
SELECT Softwareinfo.SoftwareID, Softwareinfo.SoftwareName, Softwareinfo.Softwareconflicts, Softwareinfo.TivoliDistributionPackage, Softwareinfo.softwarelocation, Softwareinfo.SoftwareDependencies, Softwareinfo.contactdetails, Softwareinfo.versiondetails, Softwareinfo.Contact, Softwareinfo.generalcomments, Softwareinfo.licence
FROM Softwareinfo
WHERE ((Softwareinfo.SoftwareName) Like [forms]![Mem]![SoftwareName] & "*")and((Softwareinfo.contact) Like [forms]![Mem]![contact] & "*")and((Softwareinfo.softwarelocation) Like [forms]![Mem]![softwarelocation] & "*")and((Softwareinfo.SoftwareDependencies) Like [forms]![Mem]![SoftwareDependencies] & "*")and((Softwareinfo.TivoliDistributionPackag e) Like [forms]![Mem]![TivoliDistributionPackage] & "*")and((Softwareinfo.VersionDetails) Like [forms]![Mem]![VersionDetails] & "*")and((Softwareinfo.Softwareconflicts) Like [forms]![Mem]![Softwareconflicts] & "*")
ORDER BY Softwareinfo.SoftwareNamr ASC;
mmcdonal
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