>The only (as I see it) issue that this doesn't correct is the problem of someone going into Word while you have it open and then they close it before you are done your processing. If they do that, then Word is closed and you lose your object reference. I don't know if there is a chance of this happening during the process you described.

If that's the case, you can use VFPCOM to trap Word's Shutdown event, and not let it shutdown 'til your app is finished with it.

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