File-open customization

[Sirocco]

A contractor modified the File-Open command (in Word and Excel) so it opens
a completely different set of dialog windows, so that my good old
"file-open" no longer works in the usual way, either the icon in the toolbar
or the Open option of the File menu. I tried to customize the toolbar but
discovered there's no icon for "Local Open". I also tried to make a macro,
but the final macro doesn't contain code, which is odd. Is there a way to
get the basic "open file" dialog window via the open file icon at top, or
write some code to defeat the code written by the contractors - don't worry,
just on my PC, not company-wide.

Many thanks in advance.

 

[Doug Robbins - Word MVP]

Look for a macro called FileOpen(), probably in a template that is located
in the Word Startup folder.

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[Sirocco]

Thanks, but another response was more helpful. I created a macro called
something other than FileOpen, with the line dialogs(wdDialogFileOpen).Show.
Then I inserted that into the toolbar. I also copied the button image from
the original button, to maintain the standard look. The actual sequence
of steps is a little more complex than this, which I left out for the sake
of brevity.