Run Pub. document from Access?

[Sue]

I have an invoice form in Publisher that prints on custom
forms and uses an access data base for information. I
wanted more users to be able to print these forms without
giving them access to the data base itself. Can I just
open and print this Publisher form from Access? It
contains a lot of elements and would be time-comsuming to
try to recreate it in Access.

 

[Perdita X. Dream]

I have an invoice form in Publisher that prints on custom
forms and uses an access data base for information. I
wanted more users to be able to print these forms without
giving them access to the data base itself. Can I just
open and print this Publisher form from Access?

Nope - Publisher uses a proprietary format that cannot be opened in any
other Office application.

It contains a lot of elements and would be time-comsuming to try to recreate
it in Access.

Then why didn't you create it in Access in the first place?! I've been
creating invoices in Access for years. This shows a lack of thought - had
you done some research beforehand, you wouldn't be having this problem now!
There is no method (that I'm aware of) to make a Publisher document
universally editable by those who do not have Publisher. You're going to
have to recreate it in Access.

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Perdita X. Dream

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