Hi, Henry.

>How do I get started in calling word from withint VFP.

Well, you could start with something like this:

oWord = CreateObject("word.application")

That will instantiate Word by means of its COM interface, and then you can manipulate documents programatically (formatting, spell-checking, etc...)

>>>This means that the user MUST have Word on their machine?

sure enough. No Word, no automation. :)

You can find good information on a book published by www.hentzenwerke.com totally dedicated to MS-Office Automation in VFP.

Another useful source could be the public-domain class FRX2Word (that you can find on the Downloads section of the UT) that makes use of Word Automation... you can learn a lot about how that works.

HTH