Reports using MS Word

[Joseph31]

Is there a way to MS word to have my reports in and print with the correct information in them?

FileMaker Version: 6

Platform: Windows 2000

[Ender]

You can use Merge Fields in Word, but usually that's for letters. Excel can also access FileMaker data. I guess it depends on what you want your report to show.

[Joseph31]

Well I really am doing letters well really large contracts...I need to able to fill out fields like <<First Name>>, <<Address>> etc... Can you expalain a little more how i can do this..

Thank you

[Ender]

It's not too hard. Various versions of Word do it slightly differently, so you should read the application help in Word. Look up Merge Fields or Merge Data. Some newer versions of Word can access FileMaker databases directly, otherwise you may need to export to a text file and access that for your Merge Data.

[Joseph31]

Thank you for your response...Is there any way just to go from a record that you are on straight into word using merge fields? I have word 2002

[Ender]

I'm not sure if you can get Word to just look at FileMaker's found set. What I have done in the past (Word 2001) was export the records I wanted to merge to a text file and then have Word set to use that file as the merge Date Source. All the users had to do is find the right records, hit the export button, and open the Word file.

I know this can be automated in the Mac OS with Applescript. Don't know about Windows.

[Joseph31]

thats for the help...I will give it a try