Word Export Add in for Access 03

[Swillsy]

Hi Guys,

I'm not sure if you guys can tell me in the forums but I'm looking for an addin for Access to export my reports in .doc format.

The company uses office 2007 but uses access 03 at present.

cheers

Swillsy

 

[nIGHTmAYOR]

by default reports can be export to both excel and word format , look for office export for analysis icon in tool bars ..

 

[Swillsy]

I know you can export as rich text document or as snapshot however I want to know if there is an addin that will allow me to export as .doc file and lets me keep watermarks,gridlines etc.

 

[GaryPanic]

No is the simple answer - the handshake between Word and Access isn't that great - but it does beg the question why do you want this ?

there are get rounds

you can have your reports in word and merge into them - however you do lose some functionality and also you become reliant on word - which in a d/b enviroment seems weird -

the only reason i can see for dumping into word is that you can change the doc - which means your database is not longer 100% acrute to the report you have generated --
pdf is a better route

 

[Swillsy]

no gary its for emailing reports to users who aren't using the database.
and instead of installing the snapshot word addin on all the machine I would have prefered to use word .doc files.

Thanks for explaining why it cannot happen though.

Swillsy

 

[nIGHTmAYOR]

go pdf then , u can always use 3rd party pdf printer drivers that outputs a report in adobe acrobat format and showes exactly like how the report looks like , mind u further powerfull security options in acrobat deny users from manipulating these reports plus all the other features u mentioned .
as for a recommendation try pdf factory pro , pretty easy , pretty straight forward.

 

[Swillsy]

awesome thanks for advise Nightmayor