>>So what are these reports, anyway? Some alien window that pops up with the
>>data nicely formatted?
>
>That's if you do Preview: otherwise, it goes to the printer.
>
>This Preview window -- can you select and copy to the clipboard from it?

Nope, it's a rendering of what's going out to the printer.

>Given the *enormous* overhead of simply firing up Word, I wouldn't be overly
>concerned with cross-process marshalling for a few dozen data transfer calls.

Ha. Ever tried it? Slow as molasses is a fair description. If you can't simplify it (formatting macros in the .DOT, instead of sending the format as you write the code) you're screwed. (Not to say John shouldn't try it -- almost anything would be better than REPORT FORM ... TO FILE ASCII.)

>Back to my first question, if this is copyable, why not just sling the window
>offscreen, clip it, and paste it back into Word? (Grabbing for straws at the
>moment.)

As I said, not copyable.