Working with InDesign and Microsoft Access Databases

I was wondering if there’s anyway to synchronize Adobe InDesign with Microsoft Access in a way that when changes are made to the INDD file they would automatically be updated in the database.  Does Anyone have any ideas on this?  Is there a third party plugin that would accomplish this or would I need to export xml out of InDesign?

InCopy would be indeed the best solution for you. InCopy is the little brother of InDesign, But both need to be in the same version to work together flawless.
InCopy is much cheaper and simpler than InDesign as it is missing layout capacity, but both of you need to understand both applications.
Generally, if 2 persons are working on the same document they should have the same versions between 2 InDesigns or between InDesign and InCopy, any workflow where IDML is needed should be avoided.
Why are there so many corrections in your present workflow? If you make your Word Document correct and set it up with styles without any manual format overrides, no hyphenation, no several continuous returns it should reduce the number of corrections on the first place.

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