[mso] Re: Database conversion
- From: rockyfit@xxxxxxxxxxx
- To: mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 18 Apr 2003 06:51:13 -0400
Linda please tell me how to look at this file as a table if you mean it
looks like a table in Access, each name and address on a line by
itself. Right now all I can get is the file that looks just like a Word
file or the printed out sheet of labels. 3 across and 10 down.
Rocky
On 18 Apr 2003 at 1:02, Linda F. Johnson wrote:
>
> Rocky...labels in Word are nothing more than tables...so you can edit
> them and sort them just like any other table in Word...or you can even
> copy the whole table and paste it into an Excel spreadsheet.
>
> If all you want to do is edit some and sort them alphabetically, I
> would just copy them into Excel. But if there's more you need to do,
> tell us what it is, cuz it might be easier in Access....of course you
> could always copy it all into Excel, then import the excel spreadsheet
> into Access as a table.
>
> Linda
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> Behalf Of rockyfit@xxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Thursday, April 17, 2003 11:01 PM
> To: mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [mso] Database conversion
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>
>
> I have a Word Document that is of about 600 labels. I'm not sure how
> I did it, but it was a list on a PDA that I brought over into a PC and
> made the document setup to print on 8160 Avery Labels. It's Word 97.
> Is there a way to convert it to a database some how? I think the list
> is still on the guys PDA. Would it be easier to do it from there into
> a database on the PC? Or would it be easier to edit the files on the
> document? I need to delete some and correct some and add some new
> ones and keep them in alphabetical order some how. This is all his
> stuff and I'm just trying to help him again. Rocky
>
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