>>>How do you add bullets to an MS Word document using VFP?
>>>
>>>Joy
>>
>>The macro in 97 seems to ignore the old "*" trick. You could do it with symbols (Menu:Insert->Symbols):
>>

.Selection.InsertSymbol(9679,.t.,0) && 9679 (in 97) is a large dot
>>.Selection.TypeText ("  Bullet 1")

>Thanks, Terry, but I'm getting a "Command Failed" error when I use the Insert Symbol command. Any suggestions?

OK--I think I have it--I'm using:
wordapp.selection.insertsymbol(215,"Symbol",.f.)

(VFP 8, Word 2003)

And this seems to be working fine. Thanks for giving me a great head start!

Joy