Hello Deivy, Thank you very much for your reply. On Jun 6, 2010, at 6:06 AM, Deivy Petrescu wrote: > On Jun 5, 2010, at 2:36 PM, Nobumi Iyanaga wrote: > >> >> set fpath to "Macintosh HD:Users:[me]:Documents:Backup:mydocfile.doc" >> >> set convert_fpath to my replace_doc_with_rtf_MacPath(fpath) >> >> tell application "Microsoft Word" >> activate >> open fpath >> save as active document file name convert_fpath file format >> format rtf >> close active document >> end tell >> >> on replace_doc_with_rtf_MacPath(fpath) >> set perl_scpt to "$_ = shift; s/\\.doc$//; s/$/\\.rtf/; print;" >> >> return (do shell script "perl -e '" & perl_scpt & "' " & quoted >> form of fpath) >> end replace_doc_with_rtf_MacPath >> >> Now, it says: >> >> Microsoft Word got an error: active document doesn't understand >> the save as message. >> >> I don't understand at all. What am I doing wrong...? >> >> Thank you in advance for any insight. >> >> Best regard, >> >> Nobumi Iyanaga >> Tokyo, >> Japan >> >> > > Nobumi, > ditch the quoted form! > You are working with Mac path not Unix path, you don't need the > quoted form > Well, unfortunately, removing "quoted form of" doesn't change the situation. I still get the error message: active document doesn't understand the save as message. Does anyone have any other idea? Thank you in advance! Best regard, Nobumi Iyanaga Tokyo, Japan