Thanks a lot Yanick, that did it. I was afraid that o will get release when I close the form, but it seems that word was still open when I closed the form.

>Bhavbhuti, try this :
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>o = CREATEOBJECT("Word.application")
>oDocument = o.Documents.Open(YourFullPathedDocFileNameHere)
>o.Visible = .T.
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