Chris,

You have to force it out into the open <vbg

myDoc.Application.Visible = True

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HTH

Bob Phillips
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"chris" wrote in message
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this is what i used:
dim Wrd as Word.Application, MyDoc as Word.Document

Set Wrd = CreateObject("Word.Application")
Wrd.Visible = True
Set Wrd = GetObject(, "Word.Application")
Set MyDoc = GetObject(MyFilePath)

still i get no file loaded in word, as a matter of fact code execution
suspends after it runs the last line.