Special Edition Using Access 97, Second Edition

Embedding or Linking Word Documents in Access Tables

Many word-processing documents are a collection of individual paragraphs, each of which can change depending on the purpose of the document. If the document is a contract, many of the paragraphs are likely to be boilerplate: standard paragraphs that are added based on the jurisdiction and purpose of the contract and relationship between the parties. Similarly, books are collections of chapters; when an author is writing a book, each chapter may go through several editing stages. Keeping track of boilerplate files and maintaining collections of book chapter files in various editing stages can be a daunting project. Even if you establish a workable DOS filenaming convention, you can easily lose ...