Something like this:

......
* select the starting cell, row1,column2:
oWOrd.ActiveDocument.Tables(1).cell(1,2).select
wdcell=12
* add to selection two other cells
oWOrd.Selection.MoveEND(wdCell,2)
* Merge
oWOrd.Selection.Cells.Merge
......

>Hi
>
>I have a table in word document that I am populating. We set it out as 4 columns, at the end of a set we add more rows for user comments then go on to the next set of record.
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>Here is the problem. When I insert new row, the row will have 4 columns. I want to merge teh first 2 column and add some text then merge the third and fourth columns and add some text and so on and on .
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>I can merge the whole row, no problem but I have no idea how to merge 2 columns at the time in one row.
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>Thanks
>Mo