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<?php
// starting word
$word = new COM("word.application") or die("Unable to instantiate Word");
echo "Loaded Word, version {$word->Version}<br>\n";  


//bring it to front
$word->Visible = 1;

//open an empty document
$word->Documents->Add();

//do some weird stuff 
$word->Selection->TypeText("here is some smaple text ");
$word->Documents[1]->SaveAs("c:/Temp/Useless2.doc"); 

//closing word
$word->Quit();

//free the object
$word = null; 
?>