Quote Originally Posted by samohtwerdna
MMM - I agree.

Still a little fuzzy - Do you care if the A.Doc is open in Word or embeded into Excel?

I assume that you are looking for something that will work with any embeded object's not just Word Doc's...right?
My preference is that A.Doc would be opened by Word (that makes it easier to make changes ... but also makes it possible for another user to make changes). The current need is Word docs, but you are correct assuming that I ultimately seek a method that will work with any embedded object.