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{excerpt}Opens and returns an existing [Document|Document] from the specified {msdn:System.IO.Stream|Stream}.{excerpt}
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 public Document Open(System.IO.Stream stream)
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Public Function Open(ByVal stream As System.IO.Stream) As Document
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{param:stream}Stream to read the document from.{param}
{returns}The document contained in the specified stream.{returns}
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{exception:System.Exception}Thrown if there is an error opening the document.{exception}
{remarks}Though the [WordTemplate|WordTemplate] object currently supports Office Open XML \(Word 2007\) format files, [WordApplication.Open()|WordApplication.Open] does not yet support them.

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Document doc = app.Open(strm);{code}
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Dim doc As Document = app.Open(strm){code}

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