Thank you for your input.
I'm now getting a "Cannot launch application" message when I attempt to run. It occurs on the 'Then objWord.Activate'.
Private Sub Merge_Click()
Dim doc As Document
If WordTemplates.Text <> "" Then objWord.Activate
objWord.Documents.Add "C:\client\friendsprovident\" & WordTemplates.Text
Set doc = objWord.ActiveDocument
doc.Activate
Set objWord = Nothing
Set doc = Nothing
End Sub
Just because you can't see it, doesn't mean it's not there!