Neil said:
Hi, I have a list of word files using 2003 which are all hyperlinked,
and theres a main word document that I want to auto-run when a cd is
inserted. Any ideas? I dont want the users to see the other existing
files because they are hyperlinked and I dont want them to see the
files. Cheers
The autorun function for a CD is activated by putting a plain-text file
named "autorun.inf" in the root folder of the CD. This isn't specific to
Word -- it can run any program or launch any file type that has a program
registered in Windows to open it.
For your purposes, assuming the document you want to open is named Main.doc
and it is stored in the CD's root folder, the contents of the autorun.inf
file would be this (the dot-slash in the name means "in the same folder as
the autorun.inf file"):
[autorun]
open = .\Main.doc
If the file is in a subfolder on the CD, include that; and if the path or
the file name contains any spaces, enclose the whole thing in double quotes:
[autorun]
open = ".\subfolder\Main document.doc"
General instructions are at
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/818804 in the
section "Create an Autorun.inf File".
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Regards,
Jay Freedman
Microsoft Word MVP
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