Thanks, that did the trick.

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Use GetObject. This will return an existing Word
application. If
it returns Nothing, then use CreateObject to create a new
instance of Word. E.g.,

Dim WordObj As Object
Set WordObj = GetObject(, "Word.Application") 'note
leading comma
If WordObj Is Nothing Then
Set WordObj = CreateObject("Word.Application")
End If



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Cordially,
Chip Pearson
Microsoft MVP - Excel
Pearson Software Consulting, LLC
www.cpearson.com


"Stratuser" wrote in
message ...
Thanks, but that doesn't work either, because I don't
want
to create a new instance of Word each time I run this
subroutine. If I use CreateObject("word.application") I
get a new instance every time I call the procedure.


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Stratuser,

you can try this.

Sub copyexceltoword()

Set wd = CreateObject("word.application")
wd.Application.Visible = True
wd.Application.Documents.Open "c:\matt.doc" ' Open your
word document
Application.Visible = True

For a = 1 To 5

Application.Range("a" & a).Copy 'copy data from excel
wd.Selection.Paste 'Paste data into
word
Next a



Set wd = Nothing 'Clear the memory. Very important.


End Sub


let me know if you need further help.


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