I'm not sure how you open word, but I use this to open word and a specific object. I have two variables:
Dim hotapp As Word.Application
Dim hotdoc As Word.Document
Then this code opens them:
Set hotapp = CreateObject("Word.Application")
Set hotdoc = hotapp.Documents.Open("P:\Editorial Operations\Production Report\Hotline.doc")
You also need to make them visible:
hotapp.visible = True