Rich Text Field w/ Access 2003

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I need to implement a rich text box in an MDB file for a user base that
consists of Access 2000 and Access 2002. Unfortunately, I'm using Access
2003 on my development machine. My understanding is that because of
security issues, the Microsoft Rich Textbox Control doesn't work in
Access 2003. Thus, I'm left with 3 options:

1) Downgrade my development machine to Access 2002 (if I could even find
a copy somewhere).

2) Upgrade all machines to Access 2007 and use its built-in rich text
property.

3) Use another control, such as Steven Leban's rich text control (which
I only just found out about).

I don't think option 1 is a good idea, especially since it locks us into
only being able to use Access 2002 or earlier, forcing a revamping of
the code if we ever upgrade. So that leaves options 2 and 3.

My uses for the RTF control are to be able to: a) display the rich text
in a report; b) work with the plain, unformatted text in code; c) export
the rich text to an MS Word document.

Any comments, suggestions, ideas regarding the above two options or any
others would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks!

Neil