Options.DefaultOpenFormat property (Word)
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
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