Hi all,

Not sure if this is the correct place to post this, but here goes anyway.

I'm performing a basic a mail merge from Sql Server into Word, creating the merge document on the fly in C# with Office 2003. This isn't a problem, as I can run right through and execute the merge successfully.

What I want be be able to do in addition, is carry out a merge to generate a letter template, and then leave word open to fillout the contents of the letter (ie. set up the datasource and some basic formatting, and then leave Word with the pre-merged document to add the content).

Now I thought this would be simple, and it is (in essence), but for some reason, when I specify a data source in c#, Word decides that I don't want any menus or toolbars anymore, and I can't find a way of getting them back. As a result, I have no way of formatting the letter or carrying out the merge!

Is there any way to restor toolbars (looked through the Word object browser, and can't find anything suitable).

Any help much appreciated

Raghu