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Author mailing labels to access table
WebBuilder451

2005-11-14, 9:24 am

I've been given a word document with about 400 names and addresses. These are
in a avery mailing label format. Can anyone suggest a good method for
importing them into an Access table.

I realize there will be some percentage of error, because some have two
addr lines, apt #, ..., but i'm sure there has to be a good way to at least
get started.
thanks

--
thanks (as always)
some day i''m gona pay this forum back for all the help i''m getting
kes
Jeff Boyce

2005-11-14, 8:25 pm

If you "regularize" your data in Word, your import into Access will go much
more smoothly.

So if you add in <placeholders> for all the names/addresses (e.g., empty PO
Box line, empty Address2 line), all the imported records should fit in the
same table.

Regards

Jeff Boyce
<Office/Access MVP>

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> I've been given a word document with about 400 names and addresses. These
> are
> in a avery mailing label format. Can anyone suggest a good method for
> importing them into an Access table.
>
> I realize there will be some percentage of error, because some have two
> addr lines, apt #, ..., but i'm sure there has to be a good way to at
> least
> get started.
> thanks
>
> --
> thanks (as always)
> some day i''m gona pay this forum back for all the help i''m getting
> kes



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