>>Works great thanks - is there any way to stop the Word window opening up
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>I would try it with Automation insted of SHELLEXECUTE. There you can control if the window is opening. But I would not advise to let Word be invisible. You would not see errors either.
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>HTH
>Gerhard

OK Thanks

How can I using shell execute inset name and addresses from a dbf at the top of each page - I think I have to get the text into a variable and us a report?

Colin