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From: Robin on 20 Nov 2009 16:29 (Also posted in the Excel Discussion Group) I have a Word document which contains several embedded Excel objects which is sent to 600 clients. The clients complete the data collection in the word document and send back. We have a Excel worksheet for each client that uses the data in the embedded Excel objects. Is there a way to "link" or transfer the data in the 'Excel Object in Word' to the appropriate cells in the Excel worksheet? Because each Word document is customized for each client using Mail Merge and an Access database, and because there is much verbage and many sections in the document sent to the client, sending an Excel worksheet to the client is not an option. I'd prefer some sort of direct link (but I have not been successful at that). I'm OK with VBA so that is an option. Any ideas? Thank you in advance, Robin
From: Doug Robbins - Word MVP on 20 Nov 2009 17:23
Take a look at the following article on fellow MVP, Greg Maxey's website: http://gregmaxey.mvps.org/Extract_Form_Data.htm and See the article “Combining FormFields and Mail Merge” on the following page of fellow MVP Graham Mayor's website: http://www.gmayor.com/Form_Fields_and_Mail_Merge.htm Then maybe See the article "Mail Merge to E-mail with Attachments" at http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/MailMerge/MergeWithAttachments.htm or maybe just use the latter to send out the individual spreadsheets. -- Hope this helps. Please reply to the newsgroup unless you wish to avail yourself of my services on a paid consulting basis. Doug Robbins - Word MVP, originally posted via msnews.microsoft.com "Robin" <Robin(a)discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:8EF70917-A9FE-43B6-9F6C-86AED73FF964(a)microsoft.com... > (Also posted in the Excel Discussion Group) > I have a Word document which contains several embedded Excel objects which > is sent to 600 clients. The clients complete the data collection in the > word > document and send back. We have a Excel worksheet for each client that > uses > the data in the embedded Excel objects. Is there a way to "link" or > transfer > the data in the 'Excel Object in Word' to the appropriate cells in the > Excel > worksheet? > > Because each Word document is customized for each client using Mail Merge > and an Access database, and because there is much verbage and many > sections > in the document sent to the client, sending an Excel worksheet to the > client > is not an option. > > I'd prefer some sort of direct link (but I have not been successful at > that). I'm OK with VBA so that is an option. > > Any ideas? > > Thank you in advance, > Robin |