Displaying Docs With No Word Functionality

[Tom]

Word XP

I am using a hyperlink in an Access database to display a different Word doc for
each record. The database records are for families and the Word doc is the
family story. When the Word doc displays, I would like to see as little Word
functionality as possible. The ideal would be only the doc and a button to close
the doc to return back to Access. Also I don't want the user to be able to close
Word because keeping Word open for the duration of the database session gives a
faster response to opening the docs. So can the red X at the top right be hidden
or disabled?

Or is there some other strategy for displaying the Word docs?

All thoughts on this are very much appreciated!!

Tom

 

[Cindy Meister -WordMVP-]

Hi Tom,

You might need to direct this at an ACCESS programming group, in order to find a
way to display the documents in a special kind of control where you can limit the
interface. Limiting the Word interface is not an easy task, especially if you
don't want to affect what the users will see when they normally work with Word.

Plus, you can only do anything of this nature by using programming, certainly not
with a hyperlink!

It might make sense to save these Word docs as HTML pages so that they open in a
browser, instead? Then you also wouldn't have to worry about the users having Word
installed (nor Access, if you're creating an Access runtime).

I am using a hyperlink in an Access database to display a different Word doc for
each record. The database records are for families and the Word doc is the
family story. When the Word doc displays, I would like to see as little Word
functionality as possible. The ideal would be only the doc and a button to close
the doc to return back to Access. Also I don't want the user to be able to close
Word because keeping Word open for the duration of the database session gives a
faster response to opening the docs. So can the red X at the top right be hidden
or disabled?

Or is there some other strategy for displaying the Word docs?

Cindy Meister
INTER-Solutions, Switzerland
http://homepage.swissonline.ch/cindymeister (last update Jan 24 2003)
http://www.mvps.org/word

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