Keeping Word Open

[Sergio]

Hi,

I'm developing an application that uses Word to create documents.

I would like to keep Word always started, to reduce documents opening
overhead, just like Outlook does.
I can control my document events, but I've found no way to prevent the user
from killing the Word process using the window close button (the upper
rightmost).
This expecially if I close my document first and then close the Word
application.

I've noticed that using this same sequence Outlook manages to keep word
open. Does anybody know a way to do it?

Thanks

Sergio