>This secion of code has been working great under
>VFP6 after adding the BackgroundPrintingStatus line.
>I converted it to VFP7 last week and now the printer
>window say "Spooling" for minutes. I have another
>section that just prints a standard document which also
>stalls. I am using Word 2000 with both VFP6 & 7.
>
>lcFileName is defined as company name & incrementing number: "OAIC-0012.doc"

		oleApp.Documents.Open ("c:\foxprint\GAMMemo.doc")
		oleApp.ActiveDocument.MailMerge.Execute
		oleApp.ActiveDocument.PrintOut
		oleApp.ActiveDocument.SaveAs(lcFileName)
		oleApp.ActiveDocument.Close
		oleApp.ActiveDocument.Saved = .t.
		oleApp.ActiveDocument.Close
		do while oleApp.BackgroundPrintingStatus > 0
		   doevents()	
		enddo

Without testing, what happens if you move the loop up to before the first Close command? If the same thing happens, try turning off Background Printing with the command oleApp.Options.PrintBackground = .F.