Recent content by buachille

Hi, I have created a small problem for myself. I was editing one of my forms, which is something i do often normally without a hitch, and once i'd finished i noticed that my find contact and add new contact and also delete contact buttons had stopped working. These are all totally basic...

that could have been it. it was looking in the folder above the one it should have been looking in. thanks

Hi, after some effort i now have 2 databases set up that i use all the time to mail merge data into word documents. it is a much better system than i used previously and works great. only annoyance i have is this. either because i have recently re-installed windows, or because i copy the...

thanks for your reply. i figured out how the mail merge and access work together and i pretty much know what i'm doing there now. waahhhaayyyy :D anyway, i have just imported my quotation table and form into my contacts database and renamed the whole thing under the company name. i didn't...

hang on. i think i just saw the potential of access for the first time here. i already have another database of contacts, which i think i could merge with my quotation database (make it a sub database if you like) and then import the correct addresses into the quotation database, enter the...

so i just set up fields in word with mail merge and then access will chuck them in there yeah. anywhere you can get good easy instructions on this. i spose there is a faq on this site, but i haven't looked yet. thanks for quick reply by the way.

we run a family business and i do all the quotations. i have an access database in which i record these quotations and whether or not we got the job or not, and i have to input all the data manually. i wondered if i could set a word document so that it would automatically export certain areas...

honestly you have made my night. cheers

krebure, Thankyou :D :D :D i knew it had to be simple but i could not find the way to do it. i did not know about that wizard button in the toolbox. Cheers. ;)

Hi, I am a total newbie to access. We have a small business and i do all the admin. I've created a database of all our contacts (name, address, phone number, fax number, etc) and i've managed to create a form that allows me to enter the data into that instead of directly into the database...