Dim app As New MSWord.Application try Dim fileName = "d:\test.doc" Dim doc = app.Documents.Open(fileName) app.ActiveWindow.Selection.WholeStory app.ActiveWindow.Selection.MoveRight(Unit:=1, Count:=1) app.ActiveWindow.Selection.TypeParagraph app.ActiveWindow.Selection.TypeText(Text:=date.Today) app.Visible = True catch ex As exception msgbox(ex.message) app.Quit finally