Create and insert a bound object on a form

1. If you haven't already done so, create a bound object frame on a form.

   How?

2. Switch to Form view or Datasheet view.
   
   
3. Move to the record in which you want to insert the object, and click the OLE Object field in a Microsoft Access database (.mdb), or the image column in a Microsoft Access project (.adp).
   
   
4. On the Insert menu, click Object.
   
   
5. In the Insert Object dialog box, click Create New if it's not already selected, and then click the kind of object that you want to create in the Object Type box.
   
   
6. Select the Display As Icon check box if you want the object to appear as an icon instead of the object itself. Displaying an object as an icon can be helpful when an object contains supplementary information that doesn't have to be displayed. Displaying an object as an icon also uses significantly less disk space.
   
   
7. Click OK.
   
   
8. Create the object by using the application that you chose in step 5, and then do one of the following:
   • If you created the object in place, click the form outside the bound object frame. If you click Exit on the File menu, you'll quit Microsoft Access.
     
     
   • If the object that you created opened in a separate window, click Exit on the File menu of the OLE server application. If you're prompted to update the document, click OK.
9. If you're in Form view, Microsoft Access displays the object. If you're in Datasheet view, Microsoft Access displays the name of the object, for example, "Bitmap Image."
   
   
10. If you need to edit the object, double-click it.

Notes

• You can adjust the size and proportions of the object after you paste it.

  How?

• You can also insert a bound object in a table or query datasheet. Just select the field that you want to insert the object into (it must be an OLE Object field or an image column), and then follow steps 4 through 9. To see the object, you must create a bound object frame on a form or report.