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For just making Access reports visible to non-office users there's a free viewer for th e.snp (snap) format in which a report can be saved.<br />
(<a href="http://www.microsoft.com/ACCESSDEV/ProdInfo/snapshot.htm" rel="ugc">http://www.microsoft.com/ACCESSDEV/ProdInfo/snapshot.htm</a>)<br />
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For viewing a word document word, but also wordperfect and other products can be used.<br />
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Nic;o)
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For just making Access reports visible to non-office users there's a free viewer for th e.snp (snap) format in which a report can be saved.
(http://www.microsoft.com/ACCESSDEV/ProdInfo/snapshot.htm [http://www.microsoft.com/ACCESSDEV/ProdInfo/snapshot.htm])

For viewing a word document word, but also wordperfect and other products can be used.

Nic;o)

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That's fine, but suppose they don't have Snapshot viewer?<br />

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That's fine, but suppose they don't have Snapshot viewer?


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If I wanted to create a Word Document vs. an access Report, do I need to set a reference to Microsoft Word 10.0 Object Library so those users who may not have a Microsoft Word office product can view the document? If not, please highlight what steps I need to take to make a word document viewable to users without a word office product. <br />
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Thanks in advance for your assistance.
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If I wanted to create a Word Document vs. an access Report, do I need to set a reference to Microsoft Word 10.0 Object Library so those users who may not have a Microsoft Word office product can view the document? If not, please highlight what steps I need to take to make a word document viewable to users without a word office product. 

Thanks in advance for your assistance.

Microsoft Word 10.0 Object Library

Microsoft Access is a rapid application development (RAD) relational database tool. Access can be used for both desktop and web-based applications, and uses VBA (Visual Basic for Applications) as its coding language.