Hi!

There is a few things you can do to ease the process.

Your card, cover letter, envelop, etc. aren't they template? If so, when you are in your template, do all the process to connect to the database then save your template. Next time you'll open your template, it will already be connected to the db.

If you can't do that, you can put a shortcut of your Excel file into the default directory Word open to. Next time you'll have to connect to the database, you'll have less steps to do.

Another option is to create an macro that automatically connect to the db. But you must know VBA.

Good luck!

Souriane