Options.DefaultOpenFormat Property

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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 collection.

Example

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

Visual Basic for Applications 
  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.

Visual Basic for Applications 
  Options.DefaultOpenFormat = wdOpenFormatAuto

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

Visual Basic for Applications 
  Options.DefaultOpenFormat = _
    FileConverters("WordPerfect6x").OpenFormat

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