I do not understand why Microsoft Word dies after running the following script. tell application "Microsoft Word" set memoDoc to make document insert text "Begin" at end of text object of active document set docName to "myTestDoc" save as memoDoc file name docName file format format text end tell The document is made and saved as myTestDoc, but 1 sec thereafter Word quits. Anyone a similar experience? What could be the cause? Jef Slangen