>>In that case, it sounds like it is probably as fast as it is going to get, >On a Pentium II with 128 MB Ram - takes about 5s (longer where only have 64 MB).
>On a Pentium III with 256 MB - takes 1s or less !
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>Unfortunately - my client won't supply all his Users with new machines <g>
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>Anna

I know the feeling. That does seem kind of slow, though. I had some pentium 233's that were instantiating quicker... If you are using OLE automation for Word, does that have to instantiate before you show the form?
Is the CREATEOBJECT("Word.Application") in Init or load, I guess is what I am asking? If so, maybe you could do that part after showing the form? Large numbers of classes or objects instantiating on a form will slow it, apparently.

I am just guessing.<g>