>Hi Tamar,
>That's exactly the issue. I seem to be sending the mailmerge document and not the flat word file. However, when I do the saveas, shouldn't it save simply the flat file? How do I make sure not to include any references to the merge file?
>TIA, Shuli

How are you keeping track of which document is which once you do the mail merge? FWIW, it's my experience that after you run the Execute method, the newly created document is the ActiveDocument, so you can get a handle on it there.

Tamar