Applies to
The information in this topic applies only to the specified Visual Studio Tools for Office projects and versions of Microsoft Office.
Project type
Document-level projects
Application-level projects
Microsoft Office version
Word 2003
Word 2007
For more information, see Features Available by Application and Project Type.
When you create a document programmatically, the new document is a native Microsoft.Office.Interop.Word..::.Document object. This object does not have the additional events and data binding capabilities of a Microsoft.Office.Tools.Word..::.Document host item. For more information, see Programmatic Limitations of Host Items and Host Controls.
Starting in SP1, you can use application-level add-ins to convert any Microsoft.Office.Interop.Word..::.Document object to a Microsoft.Office.Tools.Word..::.Document host item. For more information, see Extending Word Documents and Excel Workbooks in Application-Level Add-ins at Run Time.
When you develop a document-level project, you cannot programmatically add Microsoft.Office.Tools.Word..::.Document host items to your project.
Use the Add method of the Documents collection to create a new document based on Normal.dot.
Me.Application.Documents.Add()
this.Application.Documents.Add(ref missing, ref missing, ref missing, ref missing);
The Add method has an optional Template argument to create a new document based on a template other than Normal.dot. You must supply the file name and fully qualified path of the template.
Call the Add method of the Documents collection and specify the path to the template.
Me.Application.Documents.Add(Template:="C:\Test\SampleTemplate.Dot")
object template = @"C:\Test\SampleTemplate.dot"; this.Application.Documents.Add(ref template, ref missing, ref missing, ref missing);