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Microsoft Word 2004 - Saving a document in a specified folder on a 2nd local disk or on a remote disk

Microsoft Word AppleScript syntax remains a very frustrating guessing job ...
Take this simple script :

set newPath to (choose file name) as Unicode text -- choose a file name and where you want to save it 

tell application "Microsoft Word"
    activate
    open file "anyDisk:anyFolder1:anyFolder2:myFile.doc" -- open any specified Word document anywhere
    save front document in newPath -- try to save it where you want, with the name you want
    close front window
end tell

The save command works fine as long as the newPath is anywhere on a partition of the system disk

It does not work if newPath is on a partition of another disk, or on a network disk, with the standard message :
 "Microsoft Word got an error: document 1 doesn't understand the save message"

The problem occurs with OS 10.3.9 and 10.4.1
Permissions appear to be correct.
I even tried with read and write permissions for anybody (me, owner, group and others) all along the paths.

What is the magic needed to make it work in all cases ?

What is the correct syntax to name a document, and "save in ..." or "save as ..." this document anywhere we want ?

Should it be done with a do VisualBasic command ? with which syntax ?

How can Microsoft Word AppleScript usage be expanded, when it is impossible (or so difficult) to perform the most elementary of basics tasks : 
naming a document, and saving it where we want ?

Any suggestion, solution or comments deeply appreciated.

Jacques Ravanat

PS : Thanks to Ray Robertson for initial progress on the subject, but I do think I am "bewitched" !...
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