I have a script that opens a Word template and saves a new document, using the recorded Microsoft VB gobbledegook, like so: set filepath to "Server:Edit:test" tell application "Microsoft Word" activate do Visual Basic "Documents.Add Template:=\"Server:Edit:Template\"" do Visual Basic " ChangeFileOpenDirectory \"Server:Edit:\"" do Visual Basic " ActiveDocument.SaveAs FileName:=\"" & filePath & "\", FileFormat:=wdFormatDocument" end tell Worked fine until just the other day, now all of a sudden it gives "Ambiguous filename detected : tmpDDE" and highlights the first line above that its suppose to open the template. I tried recording the same steps again, got some slightly more elaborate gobbledegook, and when I ran that I got the same error. The Template file was lost and replaced, so that may have something to do with it, but AFAIK it's the same Word template file. -- Bill Steele [log in to unmask]