>>Yuri,
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>>I think I understand what you are doing (converting the Euro sign to Unicode text) however if I use that converted file as a mailmerge data file Word will not open it :(
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>>Any thoughts? .......
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>Have you try to replace the euro sign with something else and automate a search and replace for this character in Word after the merge?
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>HTH :-)

I guess that's the next step now that I've exhausted the possibility of doing it properly.

Is a "replace all" in Word automation as straight forward as it should be?