Is there a VBA routine that would allow me to pass keystrokes into an active
document -- as if they had been entered by a user?

I'm trying to create a routine that creates (automatically) a PDF copy of
the currently active document.  The goal is to produce a PDF image of the
active document that (1) bears the filename of the active document (without
the ".doc", of course) and (2) is written in the currently active document's
folder - just by having the user invoke a hotkey or press a custom button on
the button bar.

My problem is getting VBA to pass the current document's name into the
PDF-creation system's dialog box.

I can't find a PDF creation system (at least one that I can afford) that
will let me pass the document name to it as an argument.  So I propose to
"brute force" around this by simply sending the same keystrokes a user would
type into the dialog box as if they were generated from the keyboard.

I know.  This is old-fashioned DOS macro programming....  I'll let you laugh
at me if you can tell me how to get VBA to do the same thing [grin]!

Rick