I don't want to sound like a doomsayer, but the code in your app will depend on your USERS' installed Word version also. As you see, the version makes a difference. Will you have sufficient control over their desktops?

Barbara

>Thank you Cetin. Although I am quite a novice at this, I believe I understand your code :-) I will recreate it myself to 'see it in action'. Since my last message, I've installed Visual Studio 6.0 (professional Edition) and I have Word 2000. Things seem to be running smoother. I was able to open my template file, do a mailmerge and then do a FileSaveAs and create a new document with a 'product-specific' name. Now, how would I save this newly created document as 'Read Only'. I don't want the users to change it. (P.S. Thank you Erik, Barbara and David for responding.)
> (God Bless whoever responds!)