CyberTaz & John, thanks for the info

OK Guys, if I understand you correctly, verifying the version of Word the 
user has is the first step.  2004 Or earlier & I can make something work
by 
tweaking the code appropriately and compiling in Word 2000.  2008 And all 
bets are off.

Here's the code that's running; it's very simple but I have no idea how to

tweak it appropriately but will check out the Mac MVP site.  Any
suggestions 
are appreciated, of course...

There are a couple of fields, each of which I'd like to prepopulate when a

new doc is open, to generate 'unique' information to identify new docs as 
they come back to us.

//CODE START//

Private Sub Do***ent_New()
On Error GoTo Err_Do***ent_New

    ActiveDo***ent.FormFields("txtTestDate").Result = Format(Now(), 
"m/d/yy")
    ActiveDo***ent.Bookmarks("txtTestDate").Range.Fields(1).Locked = True

    ActiveDo***ent.FormFields("txtPoNumber").Result = "SKAR" &
Format(Now(), 
"HhNnSs")
    ActiveDo***ent.Bookmarks("txtPoNumber").Range.Fields(1).Locked = True

Exit_Do***ent_New:
    Exit Sub

Err_Do***ent_New:
    MsgBox Err.Description
    Resume Exit_Do***ent_New

End Sub

//CODE END//

Thanks for the feedback and assistance.  I appreciate the help.

Ciao,

Tony