Word document problem manishraichur[ at ]gmail.com 6/18/2007 8:38:46 PM Hi I have a batch file which opens a word document. C:\\MSWord.lnk c:\filename.doc /mname filename is a mail merge doc What does /mname stands for ("name" is used as an example )? Normal working scenario is it should open the word document..preview it and closes it.,but on 2 of the machines word just stays open after opening the document Any ideas? Thanks

Re: Word document problem Jay Freedman <jay.freedman[ at ]verizon.net> 6/19/2007 1:14:41 AM The /m switch tells Word to run the macro whose name follows the m. That macro must be available at the time the document opens, so most often it's in the Normal.dot template. Probably the macro named in your batch file is missing from the two computers that don't work the same way as the others. -- Regards, Jay Freedman Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. On Mon, 18 Jun 2007 13:38:46 -0700, manishraichur[ at ]gmail.com wrote: [Quoted Text] >Hi >I have a batch file which opens a word document. > >C:\\MSWord.lnk c:\filename.doc /mname > >filename is a mail merge doc > >What does /mname stands for ("name" is used as an example )? > >Normal working scenario is it should open the word document..preview >it and closes it.,but on 2 of the machines word just stays open after >opening the document > >Any ideas? > >Thanks

Re: Word document problem manishraichur[ at ]gmail.com 6/19/2007 2:23:07 PM On Jun 18, 8:14 pm, Jay Freedman <jay.freed...[ at ]verizon.net> wrote: [Quoted Text] > The /m switch tells Word to run the macro whose name follows the m. > That macro must be available at the time the document opens, so most > often it's in the Normal.dot template. > > Probably the macro named in your batch file is missing from the two > computers that don't work the same way as the others. > > -- > Regards, > Jay Freedman > Microsoft Word MVP FAQ:http://word.mvps.org > Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the > newsgroup so all may benefit. > > > > On Mon, 18 Jun 2007 13:38:46 -0700, manishraic...[ at ]gmail.com wrote: > >Hi > >I have a batch file which opens a word document. > > >C:\\MSWord.lnk c:\filename.doc /mname > > >filename is a mail merge doc > > >What does /mname stands for ("name" is used as an example )? > > >Normal working scenario is it should open the word document..preview > >it and closes it.,but on 2 of the machines word just stays open after > >opening the document > > >Any ideas? > > >Thanks- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - Thanks a lot for your help.I was suspecting it might a macro issue. So how do i go about finding that macro? i saw the Normal.dot file on the working computer,but was not able to see anything. Thanks

Re: Word document problem "Jay Freedman" <jay.freedman[ at ]verizon.net> 6/19/2007 5:00:57 PM [Quoted Text] >> On Mon, 18 Jun 2007 13:38:46 -0700, manishraic...[ at ]gmail.com wrote: >>> Hi >>> I have a batch file which opens a word document. >> >>> C:\\MSWord.lnk c:\filename.doc /mname >> >>> filename is a mail merge doc >> >>> What does /mname stands for ("name" is used as an example )? >> >>> Normal working scenario is it should open the word document..preview >>> it and closes it.,but on 2 of the machines word just stays open >>> after opening the document >> >>> Any ideas? >> >>> Thanks- Hide quoted text - >> >> - Show quoted text - > > Thanks a lot for your help.I was suspecting it might a macro issue. > So how do i go about finding that macro? > i saw the Normal.dot file on the working computer,but was not able to > see anything. > > Thanks On one of the machines that work, do this: - Open the document file listed in the batch command, using the File > Open dialog instead of the batch file. - Open the Macros dialog (Tools > Macro > Macros or Alt+F8). - Open the "Macros in" dropdown. Select each of the templates in the dropdown, until you find one that causes the list to show the name of the macro in the batch command. - Locate that template and copy it to the machines that don't work. -- Regards, Jay Freedman Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit.