Word Template Info Stored in Access??

[Ocean1133]

Hi Im quite new to going into this much depth with Access and Word. What ive got is a template for minutes for meetings. So in this template ive got people that attended- issues etc basically information from that meeting. I also have an access database with these fields in it. Is there any way of populating my database with the information from my word template?

Thanks for any help

Keith

 

[it2hill]

Technically there is, and I am sure there are many ways of doing what you are asking. I have done the opposite; I had to populate a word document with data from a database. So I was pulling data and you want to push the data.

What I did was define bookmarks in the word document and then built a macro in word that would connect to access database and pull the information and place it into the bookmarks. I did this because the client demanded that I provide the information to them in the exact word document (template) they gave me.

However, in you case why not just build a form to enter the data in Access and then a report to publish the minutes for review, distribution ect. If that is absolutely not an option, the adding bookmarks to your document and then loading that information via a macro in the document or code in Access is a valid way.

Shane