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import an rtf file into access

johnnyc · 2006-05-29 10:02:48

ok i am having problems taking the information from word and placing it into access 2003. i have converted the file from a doc to an rtf to no avail

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ok i am having problems taking the information from word and placing it into access 2003. i have converted the file from a doc to an rtf to no avail

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#2 29-05-2006 11:40am

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Word? Access?

Open Source??

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#3 29-05-2006 12:02pm

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oops i must of post it in the wrong section what forum should i have posted it?

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#4 29-05-2006 2:38pm

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At a guess, Windows.

(Yuck.)

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#5 29-05-2006 3:39pm

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You may also want to describe the problems...

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#6 30-05-2006 6:45pm

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ok a friend of mine has created a table in word i was wondering can you import the table from word 2003 into access...

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#7 30-05-2006 8:49pm

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Unless you copy (From MS Word) + Paste (Into Excel), no.

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#8 31-05-2006 9:44am

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Karoma wrote:

Unless you copy (From MS Word) + Paste (Into Excel), no.

Not true - in Word you can save the document as an HTML document and import this into Access

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#9 31-05-2006 3:53pm

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worked like a dream thks gosh for that tip...i have another question how can you link the information from access into word like mail merge...for example if i am doing a letter in word but have all the info in access is there away to get the info from access into word document

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#10 31-05-2006 4:25pm

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Assuming you're using Word 2003. In Mail Merge you can specify an Access database as a data source (it's the icon that says Open Data Source).

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