How you add a picture or object depends on whether you are working with a form or report, or with a data access page.
You can add objects or parts of objects that you've created in other applications to a Microsoft Access form or report. For example, you can add a picture that you created with Microsoft Paint, a worksheet that you created with Microsoft Excel, or a Word document that you created with Microsoft Word. You can add all the information in a file or just selected information.
In forms and reports, a bound object is stored in a table. When you move to a new record, the object that is displayed in the form or report changes. For example, you might want to store a picture for each employee in your company. On the other hand, an unbound object is stored in the design of the form or report. When you move to a new record, the object doesn't change. For example, you might want to add a logo that you created with Microsoft Paint to a form or report.
You can add a picture object to a data access page. You can bind a picture to a data access page by entering the path to the picture in a field, and then binding an image control to this field. This process differs from a form or report in that the picture object itself can't be stored in a table, only the path to the image. On a data access page, you can also insert an unbound picture, such as a logo or banner, which doesn't change when you move to a new record.
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