Richard, I have a friend that ask me to set him up with a simple product database were the prices in access are linked to the prices shown in a catalog he is creating in Word. I started out in Excel because I figured the copy and paste link was easy and would automatically keep his catalog prices current. However I saw the potential in Access for features (like userfriendly forms etc.)that are not available or differcult in Excel. Now it seems that there is no way to link Access like Excel?

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Reply from Richard Rost:

You CAN, but it's a lot more difficult. I would recommend doing the WHOLE catalog in Access using reports. It would be SO much better than linking between Word and Excel/Access just to get the prices. You can put all of the relevant data in Access: product name, description, pricing, etc. Use reports to print out the catalog.