Hi Group,
Using DAO it is possible to populate a combobox in a userform  from a dbase
III or IV file.
Can anyone help me with (a link to) a code example on how to do that?

I have something that seems a bit of a conundrum
I have never used the visual basic element of word, and only macros on a
basic level. So please start from scratch for me.
This is what I need to do:

Hi.  Sorry if I am posting to the wrong newsgroup but I received such
good information here I thought I'd try here first.
Let's say you have an company record that consists of a
1) contact name which can consist of a salutation (Mr/Mrs, etc), the

Let's say I created a mail merge document template MergeCustomer.Doc.
The mail merge data source, when created, used the text file Merge.Txt.
Now I want to open up MergeCustomer.Doc, merge from another text file
called LargeMailMerge.Txt, then close Word via VBA

I tried to create a macro to record the title for my document, but it
doesn't record. I went to the File menu then Properties, clicked on the
summary tab and typed in the title box.
What is the routine to be able to change the title for my document? Any help

Hello again,
I had a similar problem with the orientation on landscape. When I've put a
picture from the clipboard into my new word document the cursor appears in
the first row of the document.

what does the term scaling refer to when working with a
word document?

Hi NG!
In Excel its very easy to assign a macro to an obejct (like a picture) in a
spreadsheet. How can I assign a macro to an obejct in a document.
Jan

Problem: I want to put a Visual Basic command in the
Open_Document() command of selected Word documents which
will stop printing of that document alone! It will be
something like CurrentDocument.Print.Enabled = False but I

First of all, again thank you for those who've helped me; great job.
I think I'm down to the last details of this project.  I have a
graphics box depicting the variables that the user entered/chosen in a
form above.  I would like to see a field in the graphics change along

I've been trying to insert an image or label, set its
backstyle to transparent, and use it to prevent editing of
the underlying objects. The reason for this is that I've
inherited a Word doc with frames and text boxes on it. The

Sorry about the crosspost - it was suggested to me that I might find a
solution in one of these groups. I've been reading the groups for a
while and there seem to be quite a few knowlegeable people, so I'm
hoping someone might have seen my problem before and point me toward a

 I accidentally saved a story on another important file.
Is there anyway I can un-save it? I did it last night and
turned off the computer so I can't press ctrl+z.

I need a code which uses Document variable to write a
version control macro assigned to an "Update Version"
button to take care of updating the document variable,
the "Last Updated Date", the revision history.

En blancoHI,
Actually, I'm getting an error message when I run some macro in Word 2000. That error is no present on the same macro running on Word XP.
The line of the code that seems to have problems is:
Selection.PasteAndFormat (wdPasteDefault)