VBA to open word document from excel

[jdooley3]

I am looking for code that opens a word document from excel. The word document does not need to be shown. When the document is open I will then search the document for certain words and extract them back to the excel worksheet. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

[Bob Phillips]

A simple Google search would have thrown up thousands of relevant links, but this should get you started

Public Function OpenWordDoc()
Dim wrdApp As Object
Dim wrdDoc As Object
 
    Set wrdApp = CreateObject("Word.Application")
    wrdApp.Visible = True
    Set wrdDoc = wrdApp.Documents.Open("C:\myfile.doc")
End Function