thanks to Trevor for his solution to my question earlier.

"when I use this code to produce the macro the word document is opened,
but before it prints I get this error
"Word is currently Printing.Quitting will cancle all pending jobs.Do you
want to quit ? yes/no"

he suggested I put a OnTime command into my code.........how and where do I
put this ?????
here is the code and help appreciated


Sub LP_Tags()

'Dim WDApp As Word.Application
'Dim WDDoc As Word.Document
Dim WDApp As Object
Dim WDDoc As Object
Dim myDocName As String
Dim WordWasRunning As Boolean
Dim testStr As String

myDocName = "s:\lost property master sheets\sheet3.doc"

testStr = ""
On Error Resume Next
testStr = Dir(myDocName)
On Error GoTo 0
If testStr = "" Then
MsgBox "Word file not found!"
Exit Sub
End If

WordWasRunning = True
On Error Resume Next
Set WDApp = GetObject(, "Word.Application")
If Err.Number < 0 Then
Set WDApp = CreateObject("Word.Application")
WordWasRunning = False
End If

WDApp.Visible = True 'at least for testing!

Set WDDoc = WDApp.documents.Open(Filename:=myDocName)
WDDoc.PrintOut '.printPreview while testing???
WDDoc.Close savechanges:=False

If WordWasRunning Then
'leave it running
Else
WDApp.Quit
End If

Set WDDoc = Nothing
Set WDApp = Nothing

End Sub