Thanks! Thread ID: 737898, Message ID: 738011 solved my main issue. The following code allows me to copy the Word docs to disk without opening each one visually...

IF !USED("lettype")
USE lettype
ELSE
SELECT lettype
ENDIF
SCAN
WAIT WINDOW "Refreshing " + ALLTRIM(lettype.letname) + "..." NOWAIT
ThisForm.oWord.Refresh()
ThisForm.oWord.Object.SaveAs(lettype.letname)
ENDSCAN

...where oWord is an OLEBoundControl with lettype.letter (Word doc General Field) as the ControlSource.

Scott