Creating, opening and printing a word file from C++

Question

I have three related questions.

I want to create a word file with a name from C++. I want to be able to sent the printing command to this file, so that the file is

Answer 1

You can use automation to open MS Word (in background or foreground) and then send the needed commands.

A good starting place is the knowledge base article Office Automation Using Visual C++

Some C source code is available in How To Use Visual C++ to Access DocumentProperties with Automation (the title says C++, but it is plain C)