[Needs Help]

I almost never need a blank document, as we have the vast majority of our
forms in templates etc. It may be a small pain to have to close the blank
document everytime I open Word, but it is still a pain. Is there a way to
change this?

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

Add the \n switch to the shortcut used to start Word, and it will open
without a blank document. See €œWD: Word Startup (Command-Line) Switches and
Their Purpose€� at http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=210565

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Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org
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I almost never need a blank document, as we have the vast majority of our
forms in templates etc. It may be a small pain to have to close the blank
document everytime I open Word, but it is still a pain. Is there a way to
change this?

[Cindy M -WordMVP-]

Hi ?B?TmVlZHMgSGVscA==?=,

I almost never need a blank document, as we have the vast majority of our
forms in templates etc. It may be a small pain to have to close the blank
document everytime I open Word, but it is still a pain. Is there a way to
change this?

If you're using a shortcut (a Word icon) to start Word, then you can make a
change to the command line it's executing. Right-click the shortcut, choose
Properties. In the "Target" box press End to get to the end of the path
information to winword.exe. Make sure there's a space after winword.exe then
type: /n

Word should start without any document being open.

Cindy Meister
INTER-Solutions, Switzerland
http://homepage.swissonline.ch/cindymeister (last update Jun 17 2005)
http://www.word.mvps.org

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