How can I index Words documents like CVs into an Access db to effectively manage thousands of them ?

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“Hi Massimo, 5 years ago I worked on a similar project (I used RevSolutions Inc.’s ResumeBreaker). The best options for parsing resumes in MS Word or other formats is using the xml parsers. There are several tools in the market that extracts CV data and converts them to XML . There is actually a standard around it:www.hr-xml.org .. Checking tools around this standard will help for specific document types like CVs. You can achieve your goal via using an hr-xml certified tool or a component like rex from resumemirror (http://resumemirror.com/downloads/pdfs/Resume%20Mirror%20REX%20Product%20Datasheet.pdf) Following link explains the idea: http://www.cambridgedocs.com/resources/whitepapers/id35.htm You may easily import XML formatted data to access databases. But if all you want is just indexing, then a simple seacrh engine will do the job.(e.g. google) Complex correlation requests, document types require complex tools, you may check http://www.engenium.com/ ,http://ixmatch.com/ixfind.html or even http://autonomy.com for requirements like matching job requests with existing resumes. But these tools are really expensive. Other names: http://burning-glass.com/resumeparsing.html http://www.daxtra.com cheers, - yinal”