word document in access forms!

[mf_sina]

Hi!
I have a simple MS Access question. Is it possible in access to have a word
document opened?
i can use the hyperlink to open a word document from access but it just runs
MS ord separately but i need to see my word document opened from within a
form in MS access like an OLE object control.
Could someone plz tell me how can i do that thing?
Regards...

 

[Arvin Meyer [MVP]]

You answered your own question. Use an OLE Object control. If the document
fills the screen, you may not be able to view it in its entirety.
--
Arvin Meyer, MCP, MVP
Microsoft Access
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[tina]

the only way i know to do it (in A2003, anyway), is to create an OLE data
type field in a table. then 1) open the Word doc, highlight and copy part or
all of the text, or 2) open Windows Explorer, navigate to the doc, select
it, and copy it; then open the table in Access, and paste into the OLE
field. bind the table to a form, add an OLE Bound Object Frame control, and
set the ControlSource to the OLE field. you won't see the contents in design
view, but in form view the document will show. the default setting to
activate the control is Double-Click, so in form view you can double click
on the OLE control and edit the contents directly.

hth