From: david.mullet@... Date: 2006-03-14T22:43:46+09:00 Subject: Re: win32ole question - how to get handle on currently running app? You could use the WIN32OLE.connect method with the path and filename of the open document in place of the ProgID: xlWorkbook = WIN32OLE.connect('c:\SomeFolder\SomeFile.xls') I have only tested this with Excel, but it should also work to obtain a Word document object. Mully