hello all,
I'm totally new here. This site looks like a great place to learn some new access skills. I have used access to a basic level in the past, and I'm hopeful my request is possible!
Basically I am compiling a bunch of comprehensive statements. I would like the to create a list of statements (which I have done in MS Word), and then assign a number to each statement in access. That's the first step.
The next bit I would like to do is create specific reports from the use of the values (I hope I'm explainign myself here). An example could be:
Action
1. The quick brown fox jumps over a lazy dog
2. The brown fox jumps over big dog
3. Lazy dog was sat on the floor whilst the super fast fox leaped over him.
Setting
4. The weather outside was cold and miserable.
5. The weather outside is sunny and warm.
6. It's lovely and cosey indoors.
Genre
7. The genre must be comedy.
8. The genre must be horror.
9. The genre must be sci fi.
Ok - let's pretend they are my options (my text if you like). As you can see each statement has a number assigned to it at the front.
I would LOVE access to be able to process a combination I give it and then produce a report with all the text that I specify. I can then copy this back into MS Word and format it - no problems there. It would just save me a HECK of time and prevent me from making clumsy errors (as I've already experienced bewteen copy and pasting over multiple areas of documents
)
e.g. I select statements: 2, 4, 7. And the outcome would be:
The brown fox jumps over big dog
The weather outside was cold and miserable
The genre must be comedy
(I'd like the paragraphs to be seperated when the report is formed).
Surely this is possible somewhere? I wasn't quite sure what terminology to use when I searched for help, and then I stumbled across this jolly place.
REALLY hope someone can help / point me towards a good tutorial.
Thanks guys
RK
I'm totally new here. This site looks like a great place to learn some new access skills. I have used access to a basic level in the past, and I'm hopeful my request is possible!
Basically I am compiling a bunch of comprehensive statements. I would like the to create a list of statements (which I have done in MS Word), and then assign a number to each statement in access. That's the first step.
The next bit I would like to do is create specific reports from the use of the values (I hope I'm explainign myself here). An example could be:
Action
1. The quick brown fox jumps over a lazy dog
2. The brown fox jumps over big dog
3. Lazy dog was sat on the floor whilst the super fast fox leaped over him.
Setting
4. The weather outside was cold and miserable.
5. The weather outside is sunny and warm.
6. It's lovely and cosey indoors.
Genre
7. The genre must be comedy.
8. The genre must be horror.
9. The genre must be sci fi.
Ok - let's pretend they are my options (my text if you like). As you can see each statement has a number assigned to it at the front.
I would LOVE access to be able to process a combination I give it and then produce a report with all the text that I specify. I can then copy this back into MS Word and format it - no problems there. It would just save me a HECK of time and prevent me from making clumsy errors (as I've already experienced bewteen copy and pasting over multiple areas of documents

e.g. I select statements: 2, 4, 7. And the outcome would be:
The brown fox jumps over big dog
The weather outside was cold and miserable
The genre must be comedy
(I'd like the paragraphs to be seperated when the report is formed).
Surely this is possible somewhere? I wasn't quite sure what terminology to use when I searched for help, and then I stumbled across this jolly place.
REALLY hope someone can help / point me towards a good tutorial.
Thanks guys
RK