MACRO question - "Automatically open file when load Word"

[Jim In Minneapolis]

Hi.

Does anybody know how to create a macro that will automatically open a
specific Word document . . . EVERY time I open Word (2007)?

Here's the file path: C:\MS Word Documents\mydocument.doc

So, EVERY time I load Word . . . I want this file to display on the screen(I
use it all day long!)

Thanks so much.

 

[Jay Freedman]

Hi.

Does anybody know how to create a macro that will automatically open a
specific Word document . . . EVERY time I open Word (2007)?

Here's the file path: C:\MS Word Documents\mydocument.doc

So, EVERY time I load Word . . . I want this file to display on the
screen(I use it all day long!)

Thanks so much.

Don't bother with a macro -- and don't screw up your Word configuration.
Just make a desktop shortcut to the specific document, and double-click that
shortcut each morning instead of the shortcut for Word.

Making the shortcut is easy -- open the folder that contains the document
file, right-click the document, and choose Send To > Desktop.

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Regards,
Jay Freedman
Microsoft Word MVP
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[Jean-Guy Marcil]

Hi.

Does anybody know how to create a macro that will automatically open a
specific Word document . . . EVERY time I open Word (2007)?

Here's the file path: C:\MS Word Documents\mydocument.doc

So, EVERY time I load Word . . . I want this file to display on the screen(I
use it all day long!)

Put this sub in a module of your Normal.dot (or any other global template -
Stored in Word's Start Up folder):


Sub AutoExec()

Documents.Open "C:\MS Word Documents\mydocument.doc"

End Sub

 

[Jean-Guy Marcil]

Don't bother with a macro -- and don't screw up your Word configuration.
Just make a desktop shortcut to the specific document, and double-click that
shortcut each morning instead of the shortcut for Word.

Ah! Very good!
Sometimes I can't see the forest because of the tree I'm staring at...

 

[Jim In Minneapolis]

Great answer, Jean-Guy!

Thanks so much. It works perfectly.

I appreciate your taking the time to help me out.

God bless you always.

Jim

 

[Jean-Guy Marcil]

Great answer, Jean-Guy!

Thanks so much. It works perfectly.

Glad I could help, but really, Jay's idea is much easier to implement and
maintain...

 

[Jay Freedman]

Ah! Very good!
Sometimes I can't see the forest because of the tree I'm staring at...

I do that all the time!