title: opening a MS Word file in pywin32
body: <p>I am unable to open a word file using pywin32. I have been trying to find tutorials for pywin32 but none of the code works. The location of the word document is C:\Users\User\Documents\python progs\misc\formatting for isn. </p>
  
  <pre><code>import win32com.client as win32
  
  word = win32.gencache.EnsureDispatch('Word.Application')
  word.Visible = False
  word.Documents.Open('C:\\sectarianism.doc')
  
  
  Traceback (most recent call last):
    File "C:\Users\User\Documents\python progs\misc\formatting for isn\formatting.py", line 5, in &lt;module&gt;
      word.Documents.Open('C:\\sectarianism.doc')
    File "C:\Python25\lib\site-packages\win32com\gen_py\00020905-0000-0000-C000-000000000046x0x8x4\Documents.py", line 96, in Open
      , Visible, OpenAndRepair, DocumentDirection, NoEncodingDialog, XMLTransform
  com_error: (-2147352567, 'Exception occurred.', (0, u'Microsoft Word', u'This file could not be found.\r (C:\\sectarianism.doc)', u'C:\\Program Files\\Microsoft Office\\Office12\\1033\\WDMAIN11.CHM', 24654, -2146823114), None)
  &gt;&gt;&gt; 
  </code></pre>