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Is there away of opening another document using a macro?
I want to create a button that will open an existing file.
I also want the macro to select select a specific sheet with in th
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Murray,

Dim oWb As Workbook

Set oWb = Workbooks.Open Filename:="c:\My Documents\MyFile.xls"
oWb.Worksheets(1).Activate

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Is there away of opening another document using a macro?
I want to create a button that will open an existing file.
I also want the macro to select select a specific sheet with in the
file.


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