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Jason
 
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Default Properties of a document, help!

cheers bob

"Bob Phillips" wrote:

Something like

Dim oWordApp As Word.Application
Dim oWordDoc As Word.Document

Set oWordApp = New Word.Application
oWordApp.Visible = True
Set oWordDoc = oWordApp.Documents.Open(Filename:="filename")
'more code
Set oWordDoc = Nothing
oWordApp.Quit
Set oWordApp = Nothing

You will need to set a reference to the Microsoft Word library
(ToolsReferences)

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HTH

Bob Phillips

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"Jason" wrote in message
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hi, is there anyway that i could make a file open with microsoft word from
vba (excel), its a .out file, it could be opened by changing its

properties
(open with) to word, but could it be done through coding?, please help