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Does anyone have a recommendation on how to open and view
a Word file from with Excel (VBA)?
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Ron,

Try something like the following:

Dim WordApp As Object
Set WordApp = CreateObject("Word.Application")
WordApp.documents.Open "C:\filename.doc"
WordApp.Visible = True


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Chip Pearson
Microsoft MVP - Excel
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Chip,
It Worked.....Many, many thanks.

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