Has anyone used Acess to develop a program to catalogue genealogy research
documents?  I would like something that would allow me to categorize the
various types and let me know where the various documents are in my file
system.

I want to create a database using access to keep track of my book
collection, but I have a question.
Essentially, I would like it to display the following info for each book
I've entered. book title, author, publisher, year, a reference number, date

I'm trying to download a template from office online that is designed for
access 2000, why is my access 2003 not recognizing it?  How can I get a
template like this one for my access 2003?

I want to change my display name so I can remain anonamous when e-mailing new
people for the first time. example:   myname@gmail.com   to  
private@gmail.com

Hello Friends,
Please let me know if there are any templates available for an address book
using Access 2002.  The one available online requires Access 2003.
Thank you.

I have a name field that has the following format (Lname, Fname). I need to
extract Lname from the field and put it into another field. The LEFT fn
requires I know how many charectors to use.  I need to be able to parse upto
the comma and extract/copy all of that data into the ...

I have imported an excel spreadsheet into an Access 2002 database table. (SP3)
I want to split one column of various dates..i.e., 2/10/2004, 6/15/2003,
8/30/2005
into 5 columns labeled Visit_1, Visit_2, Visit_3, etc. and have them in

thank you for helping me

I really was hoping someone could help me solve a problem and give me a
suggestion:
I have 2 forms:
Employees

how do i set up an excel file to read spread sheets

We are setting up a db to track performance of athletes at track meets. The
first question we have is how would we store times in the following format,
11:22.33 (minutes:seconds.hundredth of seconds). And the second how would we
calculate improvements in performance.

have this data access database which I modifed.
In the Search form code I need it to modify code so, it look and match more
then one field. If the record is not in one field then it should go and look
for the second one or third. pl see the code. pl some one hlep me.

I'm beginning to believe you can't do it. My list box is tied to a query. The
phone number is formated for (@@@)@@@-@@@@, but the numbers output are
423888999. In the query datasheet view the formatting is showing correctly.
Probably something really simple or impossible.

I would like to know how to open Excel from within Access. I don't need to
open a file - as my Auto-Open macro does that - and it quits Excel too.
An overnight scheduled task in Access creates an unformatted sheet, which I
would like my Auto_Open macro to format  and I'd just like ...

I am trying to develop a database in which I can catalogue all of my
documents relating to genealogical research.  Thanks