Using Text as a Selection so I can select and delete to create a transparency.

I am trying to create a very simple logo. Basically, I created two layers: one with the letter M and the other with the letter W. I now want to place another letter over top of them and then select it so I can delete the shape of the third letter from the other two and essentially be able to see the transparent background through the third letter.
I have done this in PS CS2 no problem, but I am trying to do it in illustrator so I can resize the design for anything from a business card to a billboard if needed. Bottom line is I need a solution that wont effect me being able to resize the vecotr to crazy sizes.
In the image below, the "S" is just a white letter. I need it to be a cut out through the M and W so that whatever Background it is on the page or document shows tthrough that S space.

mswinc,
If you wish to keep the letters as live Type, you may simply select all and in the Transparency palette flyout click Make Opacity Mask, ticing/unticking Clip and Invert depending on the actual colour of the top letter (S here), which should be black or white, so you get it to cut out (no Clip and no Invert for black, no Clip and Invert for white).
With outlined Type you can also use Pathfinder>Minus Front.

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