>It would be nice if there was a clear understanding of all of these properties and methods somewhere that explained things in simple terms. Yes, I know, there is a CHM file with all of this stuff in it ... but I have yet to be able to make sense of anything I wish to use and to be able to use it in VFP.

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Don - have you taken a look at the book that Della Martin and I wrote about automation Office from VFP? (Microsoft Office Automation with Visual FoxPro, www.hentzenwerke.com) I think you'll find that it explains a lot of this stuff is clear, simple terms.

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