Not to mention that server-side automation of Office client applications isn't supported... http://support.microsoft.com/kb/257757 Cheers ken -----Original Message----- From: thelist-bounces at lists.evolt.org [mailto:thelist-bounces at lists.evolt.org] On Behalf Of Joel D Canfield Sent: Friday, 7 December 2007 5:00 PM To: joshua at waetech.com; thelist at lists.evolt.org Subject: Re: [thelist] using ASP to convert uploaded MS Word doc to PDF > should work so > long as Word is on the server. super helpful, overall, except this seems unlikely on a shared server at Crystal Tech, but it's worth asking. thanks again for the input joel