Upon opening, can Word pull up same 4 documents automatically?

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I pull up the same saved documents everyday. CAn word automatically open
those documents upon opening?
 
I pull up the same saved documents everyday. CAn word automatically open
those documents upon opening?
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One way would be to create a macro that opens those documents. See
http://www.gmayor.com/installing_macro.htm for instructions about
putting a macro in place in the Normal.dot template. Change the path
and file names to the ones you're using.

Sub AutoExec()
Documents.Open "C:\docs\MyDoc1.doc"
Documents.Open "C:\docs\MyDoc2.doc"
Documents.Open "C:\docs\MyDoc3.doc"
Documents.Open "C:\docs\MyDoc4.doc"
End Sub

If you name the macro AutoExec as shown here, it will run every time
you run Word -- even if you double-click a different document in
Explorer. Probably a better idea is to name the macro something else,
such as Open4docs (just replace the word AutoExec in the first line).
Then create a new shortcut to Word on your desktop, open the
shortcut's Properties dialog, put the cursor at the end of the stuff
in the Target box, and type a space character followed by

/mOpen4docs

(the /m means "run the macro in the Normal.dot template with the name
that follows"). Remember, there needs to be a space before the / but
no space after the m. When you want the four documents, use this
shortcut; for other documents, use the original shortcut.

A non-macro solution, which isn't automatic but is pretty easy to use,
is the Work menu. For that, see
http://www.word.mvps.org/FAQs/General/WorkMenu.htm.
 
Create the following macro (changing the file details as appropriate)
Sub OpenMyDocs()
Documents.Open FileName:="C:\Path\Doc4.doc"
Documents.Open FileName:="C:\Path\Doc3.doc"
Documents.Open FileName:="C:\Path\Doc2.doc"
Documents.Open FileName:="C:\Path\Doc1.doc"
End Sub

Then add a shortcut to the desktop to call this macro
ie for Word 2003

"C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\OFFICE11\WINWORD.EXE" /mOpenMyDocs

http://www.gmayor.com/installing_macro.htm
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