[AccessD] Orphaned program instances

I am doing mail merge and have times when instances of Word get "orphaned",
i.e. are loaded but not visible on the task bar.  This prevents the next
merge cycle.  I don't think that I am causing the orphans, they don't happen
often but they are occurring.  I don't know how to troubleshoot what is
causing them, how they were opened etc.

Is there any way to get a handle to these instances and close them
programmatically?

John W. Colby
www.ColbyConsulting.com