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Options.DefaultOpenFormat property (Word)

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Returns or sets the default file converter used to open documents. Can be a number returned by the OpenFormat property, or one of the following WdOpenFormat constants.

Syntax

expression. DefaultOpenFormat

expression Required. A variable that represents an Options object.

Example

This example sets the default converter for opening documents to the Word document format and then opens Forecast.doc.

Options.DefaultOpenFormat = wdOpenFormatDocument 
Documents.Open FileName:="C:\Sales\Forecast.doc"

This example sets the default converter for opening documents to automatically determine the appropriate file converter to use when opening documents.

Options.DefaultOpenFormat = wdOpenFormatAuto

This example sets the default converter for opening documents to the WordPerfect 6.x format.

Options.DefaultOpenFormat = _ 
 FileConverters("WordPerfect6x").OpenFormat

See also

Options Object

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