Howdy,

I'm using Word 2002 and know next to nothing about VBA, but
have had much success with the "R&T" approach (that is,
Record, and Tweak.)

I just did that with a bunch of macros to do simple mail
merge functions, and they work fine, with one modest
difficulty:

When I run the macros, a dialog appears that says:

"Opening this document will run the following SQL command

SELECT*FROM Z:\MailMerge\LET.TXT

When I clear the dialog by manually clicking OK, the merge
continues properly, and all is well.

What command can I put in the code to eliminate that manual
intervention?

That is, what command will tell Word to use the designated
data file for the merge?

(I will add that I tried to use the VBA help file, but can't
get it to work properly. When I try to enter anything in the
search field, instead of seeing the field entry mouse
cursor, I see the "<-->" cursor of the sort used to widen a
form. No matter what I do, I can't change that cursor shape,
and so, can't find a way to access the search function of
help. I would certainly welcome any insight into that
wrinkle...)

Sincere thanks,