I omitted to mention that the procedures have to be compatible with Excel 97

"JRB" wrote in message
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Is it possible to open Word with a specific document from an excel
procedure

I have managed to open word using:
Application.ActivateMicrosoftApp xlMicrosoftWord
but can find no way to specify the document to load

I would like to run a mail merge, using Word, to create some mailing
labels,
print them and then return to Excel and closing the Word program

Any (and all) suggestions greatly appreciated

TIA