Bob,
Check the following properties:

*-- includes the RTF code
TextRtf
SelRtf

*-- excludes the RTF code
Text
SelText

HTH
>Does anyone know how to programatically insert text into a rich text control. I want to insert "merge" codes into the text and then insert data later, but I need to be able to programatically insert the codes, and not rely on the keyboard for typing a code into the text.
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>Thanks in advance.