>Tamar, (great book on Microsoft Office Automation BTW)
>
>Code as follows
>
>*!* Word section
>oWord = CreateObject([Word.Application])
>oDocument = oWord.Documents.Open(lcFilename)
>
>oWord.Options.PrintBackGround = .F.
>oDocument.PrintOut()
>oDocument.Close()
>oWord.Quit()
>RELEASE oWord
>

I just tried your example (except that I created a new document and threw some text in it), and it printed without any UI at all. What exactly are you seeing?

Tamar