>>I shudda known. Lay it on me Ed! The situation is that I have
>>a report (same report) that when I get a break on the primary key
>>(provider id), I need to print two separate pages -- a letter of
>>intoduction (mostly prepared text, some data from my table) and
>>an invoice.
>
>For something like this, I'd actually learn how to automate Word: I'll bet you >can get a much better-looking letter of introduction that way....

Although it's not paramount, speed is a consideration here. I have to imagine
a DDE link with a word processor would be exceedingly slow. My first run will
be with about 5,000 records and if the pilot goes well (which we're
anticipating [of course]) we'll need to go through about 25,000 records per
week.

...kt