PDF Documents are Adobe Acrobat files, not Excel. You can download a free
Acrobat Reader from http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/readermain.html.

Mike.

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It doesn't seem to work, do you have any alternatives


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Use the Shell command

Shell "C:\files\myfile.pdf"

assumes pdf is associated with a reader application that
can open PDF files.

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Regards,
Tom Ogilvy

"Klaus" wrote in message
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How do I open a pdf document from visual Basic in excel


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