>I have a VFP 6.0 app that uses Word 2000 for automated mail merge to letter-
>size documents. Data source is a 1000-record VFP table with no indexes. My
>problem is that the best output rate I can get is 20 pages per minute. The
>problem seems to be at the point of merge. It also seems to be exponential in
>nature. For example, if I use 100 records instead of 1000, I get about 150
>pages per minute.
>F.Y.I. Word repagination is disabled
>
>Any ideas?

Minimize cross-process calls. For example, if there's some complex formatting that you do a lot, create a style in Word, and apply it, rather than sending a bunch of single formatting commands.