>>The big performance hit seems to come with the statement
>> WITH lo_Document.MailMerge
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>Couple of thoughts. First, avoid using the Selection object. Use the Range object instead.
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>Second, and this is the big one, make sure Word.Visible is set to .F. before you do the merge.
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>Tamar

Thanks, Tamar. I had forgotten about the Visible property which I had set to .T. for debugging.
By the way, thanks much for your recent Advisor article on Word automation - it was a big help!

-Carl