As a FYI side note to your question, the object model of Word was changed after Word95 so you will want to check the version to ensure any OLE Automation you do actually works. I restrict my users to Word97 and above.

IF VAL(oWord.Version) < 8
MS Word97 or later exists. Continue with code
ENDIF

>Hi,
>
>Is there a easy way to see if Word/Excel are installed on my system ?
>If i try a createobject("word.application") i get a CLASS DEFINITION IS NOT FOUND, but i want to check before i do the createobject.
>
>thx
>
>Guillaume