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Rich

In Office 2003 I was able to use a switch command to modify Word and Excel to
open without a new document. How do I do that in Office 2007 Enterprise
version?
 
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Beth Melton

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Rich

Beth - Thanks for the respones. I knew the switch syntax. However, I can't
find the exe files. I found Winword.exe and Excel.exe but they won't let me
add a switch.
Thanks
 
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Rich

Yes Beth - I had alredy found the Winword file, but it won't let me apply the
switch. I get an error message about the symbols that can be used in the
command line. Maybe it's because I have the Enterprise version. I'm too cheap
to go to the MS support site about something this minor. But then they always
say, it's not the elephants that get you, it's the ants.
 
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Beth Melton

Did you make sure you added a space (after the closing quote) before adding
the switch and did you use the forward slash? For example the Target for
Word should look something like:

"C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office12\WINWORD.EXE" /n

and for Excel:
"C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office12\EXCEL.EXE" /e

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Beth Melton
Microsoft Office MVP
https://mvp.support.microsoft.com/profile/Melton
What is a Microsoft MVP? http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/gp/mvpfaqs

Guides for the Office 2007 Interface:
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/training/HA102295841033.aspx
 
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