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Finding Word and switch focus to it

Does anybody know how to find an opened copy of Word and switch focus
to it, wait until Word is closed, before continuing my Python script?
I tried to search for the answer from Google and nothing stands out.

Running under Windows XP.

Thanks,

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John

Jul 19 '05 #1
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