thanks for your reply, exacely it is a mail merge to an email. the email ids
from another document will be merged to send email through outlook express/ms
office outlook. the problem is the recipients are different every time from
a list of recipients (about 500). if i create group i have to delete the
unwanted ids every time. using microsoft word, with out creating any group,
a document can be emerged. but, if I lock and protect the document emerge
does not work. kindly suggest.