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{excerpt}Opens and returns an existing [Document|Document] from disk.{excerpt}
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 public Document Open(System.String fileName)

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Public Function Open(ByVal fileName As String) As Document

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The complete path and filename of the document to open from disk.

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Thrown if an error occurs while opening the document.

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{param:fileName}The complete path and filename of the document to open from disk.{param}
{returns}The document that is opened from disk.{returns}
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{exception:System.Exception}Thrown if an error occurs while 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("@C:\sample.doc");

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Dim doc As Document = app.Open("C:\sample.doc"){code}

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