Graham, many thanks - but it does not update the INCLUDEPICTURE field.
The code is very similar to my original -
With oApp.ActiveDocument.MailMerge
.Application.Selection.WholeStory
.Application.Selection.Fields.Update
End With

following on with your suggestion - is there an AutoPrint automacro?
In my app, Word is opened, populated, merged, printed and closed. Dumb user
remains as dumb user.

I tried to insert it in the Labels.dot template - but the 'action' needs to
take place on_Print, not on open, on close etc.

BTW: does the newsgroup get offended if I include a picture/ screen dump
(cropped small)

Tim the Frog