https://communities.sas.com/t5/Microsoft-Integration-with-SAS/Writing-to-Word-2007-using-DDE/m-p/76519#M1064 I am also facing the same issue. SAS suggested a hot fix, but that too didnt work.<BR /> <BR /> 240 filename testit dde 'winword|"c:\temp\testing.doc"<BR /> 241 !MARK' notab;<BR /> 242<BR /> 243 data _null_;<BR /> 244 file testit;<BR /> 245 put 'This is a test.';<BR /> 246 run;<BR /> <BR /> ERROR: Physical file does not exist, winword|"c:\temp\testing.doc" !MARK. Wed, 07 Apr 2010 09:57:37 GMT deleted_user 2010-04-07T09:57:37Z https://communities.sas.com/t5/Microsoft-Integration-with-SAS/Writing-to-Word-2007-using-DDE/m-p/76518#M1063 I have a SAS Macro that sends commands to Word that reads a SAS output file, Formats, Prints and Saves it. <BR /> <BR /> It uses DDE to link to Word using the following statement:<BR /> filename wordcmd dde "winword|system";<BR /> <BR /> This worked fine when our environment was Word 2003.<BR /> <BR /> We recently installed Word 2007 and now I'm getting the following message:<BR /> ERROR: Physical file does not exist, winword|system<BR /> <BR /> Can anyone help me modify the statement so that it works in Word 2007? Fri, 06 Mar 2009 15:59:58 GMT https://communities.sas.com/t5/Microsoft-Integration-with-SAS/Writing-to-Word-2007-using-DDE/m-p/76518#M1063 deleted_user 2009-03-06T15:59:58Z https://communities.sas.com/t5/Microsoft-Integration-with-SAS/Writing-to-Word-2007-using-DDE/m-p/76519#M1064 I am also facing the same issue. SAS suggested a hot fix, but that too didnt work.<BR /> <BR /> 240 filename testit dde 'winword|"c:\temp\testing.doc"<BR /> 241 !MARK' notab;<BR /> 242<BR /> 243 data _null_;<BR /> 244 file testit;<BR /> 245 put 'This is a test.';<BR /> 246 run;<BR /> <BR /> ERROR: Physical file does not exist, winword|"c:\temp\testing.doc" !MARK. Wed, 07 Apr 2010 09:57:37 GMT https://communities.sas.com/t5/Microsoft-Integration-with-SAS/Writing-to-Word-2007-using-DDE/m-p/76519#M1064 deleted_user 2010-04-07T09:57:37Z