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Subject:Re: Importing Access records into Word From:"Peter Ring, PRC" <prc -at- prc -dot- dk> To:techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com Date:Mon, 24 Jan 2000 10:06:19 +1
Mary Webber asked January 21, 2000 9:15 AM
> One of the engineers has just asked if it is possible, and if so how,
to import individual records from an Access database into Word.
> I imagine one clicks 'import' , but evidently the problem comes in
with getting just the one record, and being able to edit it, as opposed
to the entire database.
> Any help gratefully accepted
The answer is simple: Don't IMPORT into Word -- EXPORT from Access:
1. Make an Access "report" with the content of the record you want to
export. (This is a standard procedure in MS Access.)
2. Click the "Office link" icon "Publish it with MS Word".
That will produce an RTF file which will open automatically in MS Word.
From Word you can then save it as a .doc file if that's what you want.
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Peter Ring
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