Hi. Ive tried posting this on the Access newsgroups with little response. I
wonder if its something that might ring a bell here.

I have a command button on a form in my Access 2002 database that is set up
to open up Word, with a Hyperlink address to the Mail Merge Main document.
This works perfectly well on those mail merges that are fed from standard
queries - I
have quite a few in my database. But now that Ive introduced a parameter into
one of the queries, which prompts the user to specify a value for a certain
field, the Word Application opens with a blank screen and only by minimising
it can the user see the little window asking them the queries parameter
question. On answering this, the merge proceeds - after opening the Word
window again, that is.

So the problem is that the queries parameter window opens up first, then is
instantaneously overlaid with the Word window. I just wondered if this is
normal, or whether I can get the parameter window to open on top of the Word
window, so that the user knows that a question needs to be answered.

Thanks for any help, JohnB