Linking Word Documents

[Ann]

Hi,

I have five Word documents (2002) and five Access forms (2002) with these
Word documents linked to. I was under the impression that if I link a Word
document to an Access form when the form is opened it would show any updates
I made to the Word document. It does not do this. To get the updates to
show I first have to open the form in Design View, click Edit, OLE/DDE links,
choose the link and click the Update Now button.

The update Automatic option button is on and it's definitely linked and not
embedded. I looked at the Tools, Options but couldn't find anything to
change to make this happen. What am I missing? Thanks for the help.

 

[PieterLinden via AccessMonster.com]

Hi,

I have five Word documents (2002) and five Access forms (2002) with these
Word documents linked to. I was under the impression that if I link a Word
document to an Access form when the form is opened it would show any updates
I made to the Word document. It does not do this. To get the updates to
show I first have to open the form in Design View, click Edit, OLE/DDE links,
choose the link and click the Update Now button.

The update Automatic option button is on and it's definitely linked and not
embedded. I looked at the Tools, Options but couldn't find anything to
change to make this happen. What am I missing? Thanks for the help.

Why not just create hyperlinks to the Word documents? Then when you click on
the hyperlink, Word will open/get focus and the document will open. or did
you want to show the document (or part of it) in an OLE control?