Open Word with a gray screen

[Dottie]

I would like to have Word default to not opening any templates on startup and
have it open with the gray screen. Is this possible?
I then want to make a company template (several) the users can choose the
one they want to use. Is this workable, if so, what do I need to do?

Thank you in advance for all your help.

 

[Helmut Weber]

Hi Dottie,

first question, like this, not regarding
lots of possible complications.

Sub autoexec()
Application.OnTime When:=Now + TimeValue("00:00:01"), _
Name:="closenow"
End Sub
' ---
Sub closenow()
If Left(ActiveDocument.Name, 8) = "Document" Then
ActiveDocument.Close
End If
End Sub

Before completion of autoexec,
there is no document to be closed.

Second question.
???
File New, select template ?!

Greetings from Bavaria, Germany

Helmut Weber, MVP
"red.sys" & chr(64) & "t-online.de"
Word XP, Win 98
http://word.mvps.org/

 

[Impossible]

To open Word without a new document window, just add the /n switch to the
startup command line. For example:

"C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\OFFICE11\WINWORD.EXE" /n