Thanks Jeff,

Here's some code. I'm being told that the object doesn't exist. However the bookmark ("LDate")does exist in the Word .dot file.

'create Word object variable
Set A = CreateObject("Word.Application")
A.Visible = True 'show word
'open a new document
A.Documents.Open _
"C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Templates\Proposals\NoBidLtr.dot"
'write text to bookmarks in NoBid template
ActiveDocument.Bookmarks("LDate") = ldate

Thanks for your help.

Juanita

[Edited by JuanitaJJS on 06-13-2000 at 03:50 PM]