Yuri,
Your suggestion to use oWord.Selection.InsertFile(ANOTHER_DOC_FILE) sounded right on, but to my surprise, the Courier New that was used in ANOTHER_DOC_FILE was transformed to Times New Roman when I inserted it into my existing document! Currently, I do have oWord.options.smartcutpaste = .f. because I read that that does do some interfering with your pasting operation, but yet word insists on changing my font. Any further ideas? I'm about exhausted at this one.