Thanks it worked.

Yes I did see Tamar's response to you. I am documenting it so that user know about it.

One last dumb question. I assume that object is released when the close the word file. If not do I have to release it and how?

>Do you mean you want to bring the Word to Foreground? Then this technique (by Vladimir Maximov) works:
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>#DEFINE wdWindowStateMinimize 2
>  #DEFINE wdWindowStateMaximize 1
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>  loWord.WindowState = wdWindowStateMaximize && When you set WindowState property of the Word object, it brings it to foreground

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>But please see Tamar's response to me. Even if you open Word document in read-only mode you still can Save As a different document.
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>>Thanks it works. My last question is how do I switch to the word file?
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