use \temp\mycursor *** set the LOCALEID to English nlLocaleId=sys(3004) && Save local id =sys(3006,1033) && We will be sending instructions in English wait window nowait "Creating Word Document..." copy memo myRTF to "c:\temp\test.doc" PUBLIC oWordDocument oWordDocument=createobject("word.basic") && Create word object with oWordDocument .appshow .fileopen("c:\temp\mydoc.doc") .editbookmark("Mymark",,,,1) && Goto bookmark && this one works in both versions .InsertFile("c:\temp\test.doc") endwith wait clear **** Set the LocaleId to the previous value =sys(3006,val(nlLocaleId))This would work with word95&97.