In the Open dialog box (File menu), when you select an Hypertext Markup Language (HTML) file (also called a Web page) and click Open or double-click the file, the file opens in the program that created the file. For example, if you attempt to open an HTML format file that was created in Microsoft Word, the file opens in Word รน not in Microsoft Access as a data access page.
To open an HTML file that was created in another Office program as a data access page in Access, do one of the following:
In Windows 2000 and Windows Millennium Edition:
Right-click the file in the Open dialog box, point to Open with, and then click Microsoft Access on the shortcut menu.
Note If the file type that you are trying to open hasn't previously been associated with another program, instead of pointing to the Open with dialog, click the Open with dialog, and select Microsoft Access from the list of programs.
In Windows 98:
Right-click the file in the Open dialog box, and then click Open in Microsoft Access on the shortcut menu.