Hi Doug have you tried this:

LOCAL loword
loword = CREATEOBJECT('word.application')
loword.visible = .f.
loword.Documents.Open('your document.doc')
...do the mailmerge...
loword.Quit OR loword.activedocument.close
and if needed loword.vilible = .t.

>Is there a way to keep Word from displaying a mail merge document on the screen during the merge process? I tried setting the server to .visible = .F. but that still didn't keep it from displaying the file during the merge process. It just flashes for a second then closes after the merge has completed. I would rather not display anything?
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>Thanks,
>Doug