>=createobject('word.application')
>When using the latter method, there are a great deal of commands that work
>straight from the macro builder, or perhaps from VB. However, they're not all
>valid, but it does make me wonder, what posessed somebody to develop the WORD
>data object in VFP by deviating from a standard that already existed, thus
>alienating VFP still further ???

Actually, the object is exactly the same in both languages. The difference is in the language you need to talk to the object. For example, VB supports named parameters, and VFP doesn't: VFP needs parenthesis after a function call, and VB doesn't.