From Excel to Word - empty docs?

[Jaymond Flurrie]

I have an Excel file that uses VBA to print stuff into Word. It works otherwise well, but when Word is already running when I run my program, it creates empty files. If I use CTRL+ALT+DEL to kill Word processes from background before running my file, it works just like I want.

Can I avoid this "already existing Word messing things"-problem somehow?

Here's the cleaned code I use right now:

Sub TeeDocTiedostot()
    Dim appWD As Word.Application
    Dim wdRngTable As Word.Range   'create a range variable
    Dim j As Integer
    Dim i As Integer
    Dim strDocTiedosto As String
    Dim strKansionNimi As String
    
    'Käytetään kansion nimenä tätä hetkeä
    strKansionNimi = Format(Now, "dd-mm-yy-hh-mm-ss")
    
    'Tehdään uusi kansio, jonne Word-tiedostot tulostetaan
    MkDir ThisWorkbook.Path & Application.PathSeparator & strKansionNimi
    
    'Avataan ja näytetään Word
    Set appWD = CreateObject("Word.Application.14")
    appWD.Visible = False

    'Käydään palautteen saajat läpi
    For j = LBound(vPalautteet, 1) To UBound(vPalautteet, 1) - 1
        
        'Käske Wordia tekemään uusi dokumentti
        appWD.Documents.Add
    
        'Haetaan Wordista oikea kohta
        Set wdRngTable = ActiveDocument.Content
        wdRngTable.Collapse Direction:=wdCollapseEnd
        
        With ActiveDocument
            'Ja luodaan uusi taulu
            .Tables.Add wdRngTable, 1, 2
            
            With .Tables(1)
                .PreferredWidth = InchesToPoints(10#)
                .Range.Font.Size = 10
                .Range.Font.Name = "Arial"
                .Style = "Table Grid"
            End With
        End With
        
        'Rakennetaan tiedostonimi
        strDocTiedosto = ThisWorkbook.Path & Application.PathSeparator & strKansionNimi & Application.PathSeparator & j & ".doc"
        
        'Tallennetaan tiedosto
        appWD.ActiveDocument.SaveAs (strDocTiedosto)
        
        'Suljetaan tämä dokumentti
        appWD.ActiveDocument.Close
    Next j
    
    'Suljetaan word
    appWD.Quit
    Set appWD = Nothing
End Sub

Do I start or end the use of Word in some bad way when I do like this? What's a better way to handle things?