Ok...did some more work on this project and after reading a collaborative post between Greg Maxey and Graham Mayor regarding extraction of data from Word on one of Greg's sites, I learned that mixing legacy (pre-Word 2007) bookmarks and the newer (post-Word 2007) contentcontrols oftentimes causes problems and have subsequently fixed that sticking point. Now, the OLEObjects (the plain-text .txt and .csv files) embedded into the document are contained within a plain-text contentcontrol titled "AttachmentPoint". I no longer receive the error that Word cannot read the content upon subsequent openings of the template-based document (.docx). Hopefully, and I still have my fingers crossed on this one, this will generate some assistance in my endeavor. Several viewings of my post, but largely crickets up to this point.

Although I maintain my issue with transferring the embedded documents to Access lies within the Word VBA coding, if I am somehow barking up the wrong tree then someone, anyone, please tell me so and perhaps provide some advice on where I should be posting this question for resolution...if my goal is even possible. I see the incredibly insightful assistance Greg, Graham and Paul Edstein provide to some of the most eclectic questions within these forums on a regular basis and am hoping I can get the help I need to break free from this conundrum.

Thank you, in advance, to anyone who can get me through this vexing issue.

Cheers!

~Eric