Hi John,

I appreciate your reply. Thank you. My apologies for taking so long to reply back, I've been pre-occupied getting DDE tyo work with my reports before I try to automate things.

I implemented your suggestions, but I'm unsure if things are working. Once the original problem line is encountered, I'm not entirely sure what is going on. Seems the computer becoames somewhat unresponsive. Eventually, I can start minimizing messages.

I see two Messages. I'm uncertain as to order in which they are appearing. There is Microsoft Word's confirmation to run the mail merge SQL command. It's waiting for a user selection. I guess the question is, how do I overcome the need for user confirmation?

The second message box, is from Excel ... telling me that Microsoft Office Excel is waiting for another application to complete an OLE action. I'm assuming that's referring to Word's user input.

Cheers all. Looking for some help.