Function WordDokOeffnen(strURL As String) As Object
  Dim objDesktop As Object
  Dim objDokument As Object
  Dim prvFileProperties(1) As New §§
  com.sun.star.beans.PropertyValue

  prvFileProperties(0).Name="FilterName"
  prvFileProperties(0).Value="MS Word 97"
  prvFileProperties(1).Name="AsTemplate"
  prvFileProperties(1).Value=False

  objDesktop = createUnoService("com.sun.star.frame.Desktop")
  objDokument = objDesktop.loadComponentFromURL(strURL, §§
  "_blank", 0, prvFileProperties())
  If Not IsNull(objDokument) Then
     WordDokOeffnen = objDokument
  End If
End Function