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Article ID: 208455 - Last Review: June 29, 2004 - Revision: 2.0
ACC2000: Export to MS Word for Windows Creates .TXT Extension
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Moderate: Requires basic macro, coding, and interoperability skills.
Exporting a Microsoft Access table to a Microsoft Word for Windows merge
file creates a text file with a .txt extension instead of a Word for
Windows document with a .doc extension, as you would expect.
Microsoft Access cannot export data to Word for Windows native file format.
However, the text file that is exported by Microsoft Access can be used by
Word for Windows. Microsoft Access can export data as a .rtf (Rich Text Format) file, which can be read by Microsoft Word.
NOTE: In Microsoft Word version 6.0 or later, you can merge data directly from Microsoft Access without having to export the data into another file. For more information, consult the Microsoft Word documentation.
Steps to Reproduce Behavior
- Start Microsoft Access and open the sample database Northwind.mdb.
- Click any table, and then click Export on the File menu.
- Click Microsoft Word Merge (.txt) in the Save as Type box, and then click Save. Note that the file that is created has a .txt extension, not a .doc extension.
For more information about sharing information between Microsoft Word and Microsoft Access, click
Microsoft Access Help on the
Help menu, type
export data or database objects to another database or file format. in the Office Assistant or the Answer Wizard, and then click
Search to view the topic.
For more information about merging Microsoft Access data with Microsoft Word, click
Microsoft Access Help on the
Help menu, type
merge data from a table or query by using the Microsoft Word Mail Merge Wizard in the Office Assistant or the Answer Wizard, and then click
Search to view the topic.
APPLIES TO
- Microsoft Access 2000 Standard Edition
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