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Options Object (Word)
Properties
Options.AddBiDirectionalMarksWhenSavingTextFile Property (Word)
Options.AddControlCharacters Property (Word)
Options.AddHebDoubleQuote Property (Word)
Options.AlertIfNotDefault Property (Word)
Options.AllowAccentedUppercase Property (Word)
Options.AllowClickAndTypeMouse Property (Word)
Options.AllowCombinedAuxiliaryForms Property (Word)
Options.AllowCompoundNounProcessing Property (Word)
Options.AllowDragAndDrop Property (Word)
Options.AllowOpenInDraftView Property (Word)
Options.AllowPixelUnits Property (Word)
Options.AllowReadingMode Property (Word)
Options.AnimateScreenMovements Property (Word)
Options.Application Property (Word)
Options.ApplyFarEastFontsToAscii Property (Word)
Options.ArabicMode Property (Word)
Options.ArabicNumeral Property (Word)
Options.AutoCreateNewDrawings Property (Word)
Options.AutoFormatApplyBulletedLists Property (Word)
Options.AutoFormatApplyFirstIndents Property (Word)
Options.AutoFormatApplyHeadings Property (Word)
Options.AutoFormatApplyLists Property (Word)
Options.AutoFormatApplyOtherParas Property (Word)
Options.AutoFormatAsYouTypeApplyBorders Property (Word)
Options.AutoFormatAsYouTypeApplyBulletedLists Property (Word)
Options.AutoFormatAsYouTypeApplyClosings Property (Word)
Options.AutoFormatAsYouTypeApplyDates Property (Word)
Options.AutoFormatAsYouTypeApplyFirstIndents Property (Word)
Options.AutoFormatAsYouTypeApplyHeadings Property (Word)
Options.AutoFormatAsYouTypeApplyNumberedLists Property (Word)
Options.AutoFormatAsYouTypeApplyTables Property (Word)
Options.AutoFormatAsYouTypeAutoLetterWizard Property (Word)
Options.AutoFormatAsYouTypeDefineStyles Property (Word)
Options.AutoFormatAsYouTypeDeleteAutoSpaces Property (Word)
Options.AutoFormatAsYouTypeFormatListItemBeginning Property (Word)
Options.AutoFormatAsYouTypeInsertClosings Property (Word)
Options.AutoFormatAsYouTypeInsertOvers Property (Word)
Options.AutoFormatAsYouTypeMatchParentheses Property (Word)
Options.AutoFormatAsYouTypeReplaceFarEastDashes Property (Word)
Options.AutoFormatAsYouTypeReplaceFractions Property (Word)
Options.AutoFormatAsYouTypeReplaceHyperlinks Property (Word)
Options.AutoFormatAsYouTypeReplaceOrdinals Property (Word)
Options.AutoFormatAsYouTypeReplacePlainTextEmphasis Property (Word)
Options.AutoFormatAsYouTypeReplaceQuotes Property (Word)
Options.AutoFormatAsYouTypeReplaceSymbols Property (Word)
Options.AutoFormatDeleteAutoSpaces Property (Word)
Options.AutoFormatMatchParentheses Property (Word)
Options.AutoFormatPlainTextWordMail Property (Word)
Options.AutoFormatPreserveStyles Property (Word)
Options.AutoFormatReplaceFarEastDashes Property (Word)
Options.AutoFormatReplaceFractions Property (Word)
Options.AutoFormatReplaceHyperlinks Property (Word)
Options.AutoFormatReplaceOrdinals Property (Word)
Options.AutoFormatReplacePlainTextEmphasis Property (Word)
Options.AutoFormatReplaceQuotes Property (Word)
Options.AutoFormatReplaceSymbols Property (Word)
Options.AutoKeyboardSwitching Property (Word)
Options.AutoWordSelection Property (Word)
Options.BackgroundSave Property (Word)
Options.BibliographySort Property (Word)
Options.BibliographyStyle Property (Word)
Options.BrazilReform Property (Word)
Options.ButtonFieldClicks Property (Word)
Options.CheckGrammarAsYouType Property (Word)
Options.CheckGrammarWithSpelling Property (Word)
Options.CheckHangulEndings Property (Word)
Options.CheckSpellingAsYouType Property (Word)
Options.CommentsColor Property (Word)
Options.ConfirmConversions Property (Word)
Options.ContextualSpeller Property (Word)
Options.ConvertHighAnsiToFarEast Property (Word)
Options.CreateBackup Property (Word)
Options.Creator Property (Word)
Options.CtrlClickHyperlinkToOpen Property (Word)
Options.CursorMovement Property (Word)
Options.DefaultBorderColor Property (Word)
Options.DefaultBorderColorIndex Property (Word)
Options.DefaultBorderLineStyle Property (Word)
Options.DefaultBorderLineWidth Property (Word)
Options.DefaultEPostageApp Property (Word)
Options.DefaultFilePath Property (Word)
Options.DefaultHighlightColorIndex Property (Word)
Options.DefaultOpenFormat Property (Word)
Options.DefaultTextEncoding Property (Word)
Options.DefaultTray Property (Word)
Options.DefaultTrayID Property (Word)
Options.DeletedCellColor Property (Word)
Options.DeletedTextColor Property (Word)
Options.DeletedTextMark Property (Word)
Options.DiacriticColorVal Property (Word)
Options.DisableFeaturesbyDefault Property (Word)
Options.DisableFeaturesIntroducedAfterbyDefault Property (Word)
Options.DisplayAlignmentGuides Property (Word)
Options.DisplayGridLines Property (Word)
Options.DisplayPasteOptions Property (Word)
Options.DocumentViewDirection Property (Word)
Options.DoNotPromptForConvert Property (Word)
Options.EnableHangulHanjaRecentOrdering Property (Word)
Options.EnableLegacyIMEMode Property (Word)
Options.EnableLiveDrag Property (Word)
Options.EnableLivePreview Property (Word)
Options.EnableMisusedWordsDictionary Property (Word)
Options.EnableProofingToolsAdvertisement Property (Word)
Options.EnableSound Property (Word)
Options.EnvelopeFeederInstalled Property (Word)
Options.ExpandHeadingsOnOpen Property (Word)
Options.FormatScanning Property (Word)
Options.FrenchReform Property (Word)
Options.GridDistanceHorizontal Property (Word)
Options.GridDistanceVertical Property (Word)
Options.GridOriginHorizontal Property (Word)
Options.GridOriginVertical Property (Word)
Options.HangulHanjaFastConversion Property (Word)
Options.HebrewMode Property (Word)
Options.IgnoreInternetAndFileAddresses Property (Word)
Options.IgnoreMixedDigits Property (Word)
Options.IgnoreUppercase Property (Word)
Options.IMEAutomaticControl Property (Word)
Options.InlineConversion Property (Word)
Options.InsertedCellColor Property (Word)
Options.InsertedTextColor Property (Word)
Options.InsertedTextMark Property (Word)
Options.INSKeyForOvertype Property (Word)
Options.INSKeyForPaste Property (Word)
Options.InterpretHighAnsi Property (Word)
Options.LocalNetworkFile Property (Word)
Options.MapPaperSize Property (Word)
Options.MarginAlignmentGuides Property (Word)
Options.MatchFuzzyAY Property (Word)
Options.MatchFuzzyBV Property (Word)
Options.MatchFuzzyByte Property (Word)
Options.MatchFuzzyCase Property (Word)
Options.MatchFuzzyDash Property (Word)
Options.MatchFuzzyDZ Property (Word)
Options.MatchFuzzyHF Property (Word)
Options.MatchFuzzyHiragana Property (Word)
Options.MatchFuzzyIterationMark Property (Word)
Options.MatchFuzzyKanji Property (Word)
Options.MatchFuzzyKiKu Property (Word)
Options.MatchFuzzyOldKana Property (Word)
Options.MatchFuzzyProlongedSoundMark Property (Word)
Options.MatchFuzzyPunctuation Property (Word)
Options.MatchFuzzySmallKana Property (Word)
Options.MatchFuzzySpace Property (Word)
Options.MatchFuzzyTC Property (Word)
Options.MatchFuzzyZJ Property (Word)
Options.MeasurementUnit Property (Word)
Options.MergedCellColor Property (Word)
Options.MonthNames Property (Word)
Options.MoveFromTextColor Property (Word)
Options.MoveFromTextMark Property (Word)
Options.MoveToTextColor Property (Word)
Options.MoveToTextMark Property (Word)
Options.MultipleWordConversionsMode Property (Word)
Options.OMathAutoBuildUp Property (Word)
Options.OMathCopyLF Property (Word)
Options.OptimizeForWord97byDefault Property (Word)
Options.Overtype Property (Word)
Options.PageAlignmentGuides Property (Word)
Options.Pagination Property (Word)
Options.ParagraphAlignmentGuides Property (Word)
Options.Parent Property (Word)
Options.PasteAdjustParagraphSpacing Property (Word)
Options.PasteAdjustTableFormatting Property (Word)
Options.PasteAdjustWordSpacing Property (Word)
Options.PasteFormatBetweenDocuments Property (Word)
Options.PasteFormatBetweenStyledDocuments Property (Word)
Options.PasteFormatFromExternalSource Property (Word)
Options.PasteFormatWithinDocument Property (Word)
Options.PasteMergeFromPPT Property (Word)
Options.PasteMergeFromXL Property (Word)
Options.PasteMergeLists Property (Word)
Options.PasteOptionKeepBulletsAndNumbers Property (Word)
Options.PasteSmartCutPaste Property (Word)
Options.PasteSmartStyleBehavior Property (Word)
Options.PictureEditor Property (Word)
Options.PictureWrapType Property (Word)
Options.PortugalReform Property (Word)
Options.PrecisePositioning Property (Word)
Options.PreferCloudSaveLocations Property (Word)
Options.PrintBackground Property (Word)
Options.PrintBackgrounds Property (Word)
Options.PrintComments Property (Word)
Options.PrintDraft Property (Word)
Options.PrintDrawingObjects Property (Word)
Options.PrintEvenPagesInAscendingOrder Property (Word)
Options.PrintFieldCodes Property (Word)
Options.PrintHiddenText Property (Word)
Options.PrintOddPagesInAscendingOrder Property (Word)
Options.PrintProperties Property (Word)
Options.PrintReverse Property (Word)
Options.PrintXMLTag Property (Word)
Options.PromptUpdateStyle Property (Word)
Options.RepeatWord Property (Word)
Options.ReplaceSelection Property (Word)
Options.RevisedLinesColor Property (Word)
Options.RevisedLinesMark Property (Word)
Options.RevisedPropertiesColor Property (Word)
Options.RevisedPropertiesMark Property (Word)
Options.RevisionsBalloonPrintOrientation Property (Word)
Options.RTFInClipboard Property (Word)
Options.SaveInterval Property (Word)
Options.SaveNormalPrompt Property (Word)
Options.SavePropertiesPrompt Property (Word)
Options.SendMailAttach Property (Word)
Options.SequenceCheck Property (Word)
Options.ShortMenuNames Property (Word)
Options.ShowControlCharacters Property (Word)
Options.ShowDevTools Property (Word)
Options.ShowDiacritics Property (Word)
Options.ShowFormatError Property (Word)
Options.ShowMarkupOpenSave Property (Word)
Options.ShowMenuFloaties Property (Word)
Options.ShowReadabilityStatistics Property (Word)
Options.ShowSelectionFloaties Property (Word)
Options.SkyDriveSignInOption Property (Word)
Options.SmartCursoring Property (Word)
Options.SmartCutPaste Property (Word)
Options.SmartParaSelection Property (Word)
Options.SnapToGrid Property (Word)
Options.SnapToShapes Property (Word)
Options.SpanishMode Property (Word)
Options.SplitCellColor Property (Word)
Options.StoreRSIDOnSave Property (Word)
Options.StrictFinalYaa Property (Word)
Options.StrictInitialAlefHamza Property (Word)
Options.StrictRussianE Property (Word)
Options.StrictTaaMarboota Property (Word)
Options.SuggestFromMainDictionaryOnly Property (Word)
Options.SuggestSpellingCorrections Property (Word)
Options.TabIndentKey Property (Word)
Options.TypeNReplace Property (Word)
Options.UpdateFieldsAtPrint Property (Word)
Options.UpdateFieldsWithTrackedChangesAtPrint Property (Word)
Options.UpdateLinksAtOpen Property (Word)
Options.UpdateLinksAtPrint Property (Word)
Options.UpdateStyleListBehavior Property (Word)
Options.UseCharacterUnit Property (Word)
Options.UseDiffDiacColor Property (Word)
Options.UseGermanSpellingReform Property (Word)
Options.UseNormalStyleForList Property (Word)
Options.UseSubPixelPositioning Property (Word)
Options.VisualSelection Property (Word)
Options.WarnBeforeSavingPrintingSendingMarkup Property (Word)
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Options.DefaultOpenFormat Property (Word)

Office 2013

Returns or sets the default file converter used to open documents. Can be a number returned by the OpenFormat property, or one of the following WdOpenFormat constants.

expression .DefaultOpenFormat

expression Required. A variable that represents an Options collection.

This example sets the default converter for opening documents to the Word document format and then opens Forecast.doc.

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Options.DefaultOpenFormat = wdOpenFormatDocument 
Documents.Open FileName:="C:\Sales\Forecast.doc"

This example sets the default converter for opening documents to automatically determine the appropriate file converter to use when opening documents.

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Options.DefaultOpenFormat = wdOpenFormatAuto

This example sets the default converter for opening documents to the WordPerfect 6.x format.

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Options.DefaultOpenFormat = _ 
 FileConverters("WordPerfect6x").OpenFormat
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