Hi Rod, If you download and install the 'Python Win' extensions, which I think are linked from from the Python download page for windows, you have a set of COM classes for Python which allow you to do everything you can do in Word from a Python program.
It allows a lot of interactive exploration at the command prompt, although not everything is very obvious (in part due to the way the word object model is structured). BTW, if you are new to Python, why not use VBA for the program? cheers, --Tim -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
