Error 70 is a permissions error. If your error message indicates otherwise,
let us know. But this sounds like you do not have permission to open the
file for some reason. Either you don't have permission to the folder the
file is located in, or (if you're trying to open it in code) you haven't
provided the password needed to open the file within the code statement
opening the file.

"Jac" wrote:

getting runtime error 70 help tells me to open file for input can't figure
out how to do this