T Taylor Oct 17, 2003 #1 Is there a simple way to take information from a table in Word and dump it into an Access database that is already set up?
Is there a simple way to take information from a table in Word and dump it into an Access database that is already set up?
J John Vinson Oct 17, 2003 #2 Is there a simple way to take information from a table in Word and dump it into an Access database that is already set up? Click to expand... I wish there were. A WORD "table" and an Access Table are quite different beasts, and there isn't any simple, straightforward way to do this! What I've had to do in the past is to copy and paste the Word table into Excel, and then link to the spreadsheet. Even this has its headaches.
Is there a simple way to take information from a table in Word and dump it into an Access database that is already set up? Click to expand... I wish there were. A WORD "table" and an Access Table are quite different beasts, and there isn't any simple, straightforward way to do this! What I've had to do in the past is to copy and paste the Word table into Excel, and then link to the spreadsheet. Even this has its headaches.
J Joan Wild Oct 17, 2003 #3 Select just the table in Word. Edit, Copy... Open your mdb, open your table, Edit menu, Paste append.
Select just the table in Word. Edit, Copy... Open your mdb, open your table, Edit menu, Paste append.
