I would like to take an existing text file (approx 4 megs in size) and manipulate it with VB or VBA (from inside Access in that case) and then ideally place it inside a table format, at the very ...

If you often insert the same graphic file, such as a company logo onto a PowerPoint slide, use VBA to automate the task. Inserting graphics is a big part of creating most PowerPoint presentations.

These are the demonstration files to accompany the article, How to run a VBA procedure from a data validation control in Microsoft Excel by Susan Harkins.