RE: Word and single-sourcing

["Dori Green" <dgreen -at- associatedbrands -dot- com>]

I've done this in both directions -- similar to a mailmerge (see the Word manual), and by the following method:

1. Create block of info as a standalone document in Word (for example, Training Policy).

2. Set up an Access database in which each of those Word documents is linked as an object.  Give each a brief but descriptive title.

3.  Pull the relevant pieces from that reference database.

There are more complicated ways to get 'er done, but quick and so easy that even a VP can understand it works very well for me.

See the Word manual and the Access Programming for Dummies book (I'm not being facetious or insulting, that's the book I used and I'm not ashamed).

Dori Green
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