diff --git a/PROMS/DataLoader/frmLoader.Designer.cs b/PROMS/DataLoader/frmLoader.Designer.cs
index f793893e..22574d06 100644
--- a/PROMS/DataLoader/frmLoader.Designer.cs
+++ b/PROMS/DataLoader/frmLoader.Designer.cs
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ namespace DataLoader
 				components.Dispose();
 			}
 			base.Dispose(disposing);
+			Volian.MSWord.WordDoc.CloseApp();
 		}
 
 		#region Windows Form Designer generated code
diff --git a/PROMS/Volian.Utils.Library/MSWord/WordDoc.cs b/PROMS/Volian.Utils.Library/MSWord/WordDoc.cs
index aec6d129..9a5cfe09 100644
--- a/PROMS/Volian.Utils.Library/MSWord/WordDoc.cs
+++ b/PROMS/Volian.Utils.Library/MSWord/WordDoc.cs
@@ -9,8 +9,8 @@ namespace Volian.MSWord
 {
 	public class WordDoc
 	{
-		private object optional = Missing.Value;
-		private object oFalse = false;
+		private static object optional = Missing.Value;
+		private static object oFalse = false;
 		private object oTrue = true;
 		private object oBlank = "";
 		private object oWdStory = WdUnits.wdStory;
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ namespace Volian.MSWord
 		private object oWdExtend = WdMovementType.wdExtend;
 		private object oWdMove = WdMovementType.wdMove;
 		private object o1 = 1;
-		private Application m_App;
+		private static Application m_App;
 		//		Microsoft.Office.Interop.Word.Application App
 		//		{
 		//			get{return m_App;}
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ namespace Volian.MSWord
 		}
 		public WordDoc(string sPath)
 		{
-			m_App = new ApplicationClass();
+			OpenApp();
 			//m_App.Visible = true;
 			mDocName = sPath;
 			object oFile = sPath;
@@ -106,7 +106,8 @@ namespace Volian.MSWord
 		}
 		public void Close()
 		{
-			m_App.Quit(ref oFalse, ref optional, ref optional);
+			m_Doc.Close(ref oFalse, ref optional, ref optional);
+			//CloseApp();
 		}
 		public void SetLineSpacing(float linesPerInch)	// if need landscape set too: , bool landscape) 
 		{
@@ -118,6 +119,18 @@ namespace Volian.MSWord
 			sel.ParagraphFormat.LineSpacingRule = WdLineSpacing.wdLineSpaceExactly;
 			sel.ParagraphFormat.LineSpacing = 72/linesPerInch; // 12 ==> 6 Lines per inch 
 		} 
-
+		public void OpenApp()
+		{
+			if(m_App==null)
+				m_App = new ApplicationClass();
+		}
+		public static void CloseApp()
+		{
+			if (m_App != null)
+			{
+				m_App.Quit(ref oFalse, ref optional, ref optional);
+				m_App = null;
+			}
+		}
 	}
 }