Embed interactive word document.

[BatmanMR287]

I need to be able to embed an interactive word document in an access form. The need is to put in text that has underlines and strikethroughs to indicate name changes to policies.
The user creates a new proposed update by designating the policy number but I need a word file attached to this update that can show more punctuation than access can show.

Of course I want to make this as automated as possible so the user doesn't have to work in two different places to get this done.

[Rawb]

If you are using a Word document solely for the formatting, you can just switch to a Memo Field. In Access 2007+, you can set a Memo Field to support Rich Text for the same type of formatting you get in Word or Excel.

If you have to use Word documents for some reason, then you may be out of luck. I stay away from Attachment Fields myself, but everything I've seen suggests that you cannot edit Attachments directly from within the database: You have to Export the attachment to the file system, edit it with it's native program (in this case MS Word), and then save the updated document back into the database. My recommendation is to store the files outside of the database no matter what and just include their full path in the database in a Text Field.

[BatmanMR287]

I've found the rich text setting thank you. But having problems finding the strikethrough.

[BatmanMR287]

The rich text doesn't support strikethrough. After talking with the end user more they don't have to interact with the word document after saving it.
So now I need to put a link to the word document on the form.