>John:
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>I declare oWord, open up a document and all that and then ...
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> oWord.ActiveDocument.PrintOut FileName:="", Range:=wdPrintAllDocument, Item:= _
> wdPrintDocumentContent, Copies:=1, Pages:="", PageType:=wdPrintAllPages, _
> Collate:=True, Background:=True, PrintToFile:=False
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>which I took straight from the Word Macro (subbing oWord.ActiveDocument in the begining, right?). Syntax error city. Syntax error county, for that matter ...
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>Am I missing something simple?

No, that's what you get, but it requires passing parameters as they appear in the list. It's not real straightforward, but you can play with it and get it to work. Just pass them in the same position as tey apear.