So are you saying that it is not possible to automate the merge step so that the user of the template sees the document without the field codes?
I am getting a "requested object is not available" message when I execute my macro included below.

Sub Petition()
'
' Petition Macro
' Macro recorded 6/14/2010
'
Documents.Add Template:= _
"C:\Bergemann\Forfeiture\WordMailMerge\Petition.do t", NewTemplate:=False, _
DocumentType:=0
ActiveDocument.MailMerge.ViewMailMergeFieldCodes = wdToggle
End Sub

If I perform the exact same steps while not recording a macro, my template opens up a new document as expected and the merge data button is available. If I record these exact same steps, I get the "requested object is not available" debug on the last statement of my code (ActiveDocument.MailMerge.ViewMailMergeFieldCodes = wdToggle) which should merge the data into the document. The merge button is greyed out and not available to do manually either when I run my macro.

Thanks.
Brandi