How to make MS Access looks like real Application

[DickyP]

Fair enough though using /runtime seems superfluous in your situation

The reporting feature in Access is very powerful. I'm intrigued by your personal preference of outputting to Word. I assume you do that using automation or mail merge

Years back when producing output for real, particular circumstances meant I needed Word documents for other usage and I got into the habit. If producing a huge output then reports ARE quicker, but that is seldom my requirement. I use automation which gives me a far finer control over output formatting a word/character level and treating specific anomalies, according to circumstance.

To put it in context when I retired and started only using Access for fun, everyone was on 2003 corporately and output options were more limited. It's now all for fun.