Use Word Document As Access Database

[jdoerksen]

Is there any easy way to take a word document (used for work orders)
and use it as a form for access? Basically I want to be able to have
all the work orders searchable.

 

[John Vinson]

Is there any easy way to take a word document (used for work orders)
and use it as a form for access? Basically I want to be able to have
all the work orders searchable.

Not really. Word is a document processor; a document really is very
little like a database.

It's not too hard (well, harder than it should be, but possible) to
import the *INFORMATION* in a Word table into a Access table, but
AFAIK there is no easy way to use the Word document directly in that
way. You may want to put in the effort to actually create an Access
workorder application, import the data already in Word, and just use
Access.

John W. Vinson[MVP]