Manimulate open/active document in word Matthias Langbein <langbein[ at ]t-online.de> 01.11.2005 00:14:22 Hi all, i want to insert a special "word fields" in a document which is currently loaded in word 2003 via .NET (C#). As far as i know a field is devided into a field instruction and field definition. I'm not quite sure which one is which, but one stores some information, a formula for example (I think this is the instruction), and the other one stores what is displayed in the word document (I think this is the definition). I want that the instruction stores some information and the definition stores a image which is displayed in word. The corresponding XML-Code looks like this: <w:r><w:fldChar w:fldCharType="begin"/></w:r> <w:r><w:instrText>MyText</w:instrText></w:r> <w:r><w:fldChar w:fldCharType="separate"/></w:r> <w:r><w:t> {picture} </w:t></w:r> <w:r><w:fldChar w:fldCharType="end"/></w:r> I managed to handle this by hand by inserting a field/formula with the Value "MyText" which results in an error message displayed in the document, setting the cursor in between the error message, insert the picture and delete alle the letters of the error message before and after the picture. But this is definitely not a good way for automation, so I wondered weather the insertion of the XML-code, as I know exactly what to insert, is possible via .NET and if so, how to do this. Or is it possible to navigate through the XML-Nodes of a document which is currently loaded into word and insert XML-Tags there? THX for any tips... Langi