Why does Mail merge start another copy of Access?

Hi, again, when I call a mail merge from an access module it starts another copy of Access and, even though word is running in minimised state, it also starts another copy of Word, what can i do to just have the mail merge program kick in from the access application running the module and utilise the already open version of word, rather than start another, all help in this would be greatly appreciated :-)

Could you attach your code so I can maybe help you out. The only thing I can think of is that you are creating a Word or Access object and that will start another copy. Until I see the code I cant comment any further.

Neil