It is till you get used to it.

I think that's correct, but there are other macros about the web for splitting mailmerge documents into individual files, so that part can be done quite speedily too. See, for example:
http://www.gmayor.com/individual_merge_letters.htm

With a little bit of extra coding, you could have one process execute and, when it's complete, automatically start the next one. That part would require only four lines of code.

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Paul Edstein
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Thanks for the lastest info. I had a look at the link and there is an add-on there that allows you split the mail merge and save the individual files as predefined names if you have them set up as a data field which I have tried out and it works. This way when I create the Directory I should be able to use that field again to import the data.

I haven't tried it all from start to finish to see if I have the finished article as I ran out of time at work.

I'll run through it all on Monday and let you know how I get on.

Thanks again