Thanks Margaret, some great advice. I think, for now, I will leave
direct shotcuts out of the equation, if there is a request for them I
will use an autonew as you suggested or compile a simple executable
that will do what the autonew() macro you are proposing would do.

I would also have hoped to learn more about the start up switches and
how they differ from other ways of opening a doc, but it looks as
though I will have to be content with what there is.

Thanks again to everyone,
Raf.