>>Does anybody know of a way to prevent the user from typing/clicking in Word while a complicated set of automation is happening. Preferably without having to make Word invisible.
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>Just wanted to point out that making Word invisible would also speed things up, so you may want to reconsider that option.
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>Tamar

Tamar,

That's very interesting, do you know why?

Also if you do turn it off and an error occurs are you just making it visible in your error routine?