Here's another version of the VBS script I cobbled together.
I found that in my case at least launching an instance of Word when Word
was already running opens another Word window, screaming about
normal.dot already being in use. So this script checks first.

Tip of the hats for code tips to:
http://www.mvps.org/scripting/rube/index.htm
http://www.windowsitlibrary.com/Content/1258/09/1.html

If IsNumLocked = 0 Then
  NumLockOn
End If

Function NumLockOn()
set WshShell = CreateObject("WScript.Shell")
WshShell.SendKeys "{NUMLOCK}"
End Function

Function IsNumLocked()
Dim oWrd
Dim bWrdOff
bWrdOff = False




On Error Resume Next
Set oWrd = GetObject(, "Word.Application")
If Err Then
   Err.Clear
   Set oWrd = CreateObject("Word.Application")
   bWrdOff = True
End If
IsNumLocked = oWrd.Numlock
If bWrdOff Then
   oWrd.Application.Quit True
End If
End Function

In my situation my office PC is on and logged in 24-7, but for whatever reason (RDP?)
the NumLock is off every morning.
I added this to Scheduled Tasks to run every time the PC is idle for more than an 
hour.

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