Hello, I wonder if anyone can help with this problem.

I'm using the following code to try and print a document and then shut
Word:

Application.PrintOut Copies:=1
Application.Quit (no)

If I put breakpoints on the code and step through it, then the
document prints and then Word closes down without saving, exactly as I
would expect it to.

However, if I run the code straight off, it doesn't print. I have
tried pausing for up to 20 seconds between the two commands (in case
the quick shut down was preventing the document from spooling
properly), but I still get no joy. I get the printer icon OK in my
system tray and the document is said to be spooling, but then it goes
without being printed.

This is part of a much larger set of code including table editing
followed by mailmerge (from Excel source), but I have isolated this
code as the problem.

Using in a blank document with just these two lines of code creates
the same problem as when it forms the final part of a much longer
script.

Has anyone got any tips as to how I can print and then close the
session of word. It is pretty vital that I close the session of word.

For anyone interested, the full script is as below (referred to macros
excepted, which are not of relevance to the problem)

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Me.Hide 'hides form
Macros.format 'takes out spurious lines in table
Macros.Mergedoc 'mailmerges
Application.PrintOut Copies:=1 'prints merged doc
ActiveWindow.Close (no) ' closes merged doc "Form Letters1"
Application.Quit (no) 'closes word (and template doc)
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Thanks in advance, Ian (ian@stitch441.freeserve.co.uk)