Open word without a blank document

[MattG]

Hi all,

Due to the very odd IT system we have at work we output from a database
into a word doc. Now, it's all set up to launch word automatically, but
each time you need to close the blank document that opens when word is
started.

Is there anyway to disable this? The database simply calls on the word
shortcut, so if there is a suffix that will achieve it, I can add it
there.

Any suggestions?

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

If you add the \n switch to the file path of the shortcut used to start
Word, it will start without a blank document.

 

[garfield-n-odie [MVP]]

Add a /n switch to the end of the Word shortcut. There should be
a space between winword.exe and /n.

 

[MattG]

If you add the \n switch to the file path of the shortcut used to
start Word, it will start without a blank document.

Thanks people, fast and efficient - much appreciated