You could split your process in 2 (as suggested) and when they decide to edit the document , use a "Run-and-Wait" method to open the document, which will open your word document and wait until the user is finished to return to your VFP code. Here is one way to have a run-and-wait.

WshShell = CreateObject("WScript.Shell")
ReturnCode = WshShell.Run(getfile("doc"), 1, .t.)
MESSAGEBOX("finished")

>The edited copy is NOT the original, but it is the one that the application needs to print when the user is done editing....