Problem Merging to a Word document using Access

[Dazed and Confused]

I am merging a report prepared as a Word document with records in an Access
database. The records are sorted in numeric order in Access, so that when
they are merged, the final document (which is 100+ reports) will be in the
same numeric order.

The problem is that when it merges, Word throws the reports all around in
the merged document; they are not in the same numeric order as the records in
Access.

Any assistance would be greatly appreciated. Thank you.

 

[Peter Jamieson]

Even if the data appears "sorted" in Access, you cannot guarantee that
it will be provided in the same sequence to Word, at least not if it
results from a TABLE, or from a QUERY that does not specify a sequence.
You have to apply the sort sequence you want either in the Access query
that you are using as a data source, or in Word.

Peter Jamieson

http://tips.pjmsn.me.uk

 

[Dazed and Confused]

Peter, thank you. Since I ran out of time, and the actual amount of reports
I needed to merge was over 7,400, I created a new database and it appears to
be fine. I'm afraid I do not know enough about Access (or Word for that
matter) to know how to do the sort sequence you mention below. I will check
the Help menu to see if I can figure it out. Thanks for pointing me in the
right direction.