Thanks, Peter. I had a feeling I was going to end up going directly to
the data and using VBA. But I was trying to find a way around having
to patch the application (which is distributed to lots of folks) and
that's why I started from Word itself.

However, I just figured out how to pass a parameter into a query via
VBA so when I do write the patch, All I'll have to do is figure out how
to open Word and run the merge itself through VBA which might be easier
than going the other way.

Thanks for your help. Carol.