I'm a Newb at this.  Here's my problem:  I need a way to put data from
a single row of information from a SQL server database into a single
page of a Word Document.  This data is selective (i.e., the information
doesn't go into a table).  Moreover, I need to dynamically link with
the database to print out these single word docs one at a time, as
needed.  For instance:
say I have product no. 234 and I need to insert a picture of it (it's
in the database as a name already), insert the production time say, and
also list a description of the object, and other like information, tell
who the suppliers of the raw materials are, what shape the product is ,
etc.
But then someone needs product 8777-23-0A, in a rush (with the same or
different information).  So I need to be able to type in the product
no. (in Word, I hope) access the database, merge the answer into the
Word document, and print out the result in a jiffy.

I need it nicely formatted in Word (already done), and I need to access
this data and print it out whenever someone needs the information.  I
don't have MS Access, but I do have Excel.  So, if there is a way where
I could do this from Excel, it would be acceptable.  I guess I could
always update the excel query every time a product is added.  But keep
in mind that the excel spreadsheet for this query is already in the 3
Meg range.

I'm just trying to save myself the headache of copy, paste, copy paste,
format, format, copy, paste, format, routine.

As for Visual Basic for Word, I have had no prior experience with it. I
am familiar with Perl, though.  So the ideas of a scripting language
are familiar to me.

I am not even sure this is possible in Word.  I'm not sure if merge can
return a single unique identifier and their adjacent columns without
wanting to merge the data from all of the records.

Anyone have an ideas?