Running Code when a Word Add-in Is Loaded or Unloaded

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To run code automatically when an add-in is loaded, create a Sub procedure named AutoExec in a standard module in the Add-In project. Any code within this procedure runs when the add-in is loaded. To run code when an add-in is unloaded, add a Sub procedure named AutoExit. If you close and reopen Microsoft® Word while an add-in is loaded, the AutoExec procedure runs when you reopen Word.

Note   The Document_Open event procedure does not run when a document is loaded as an add-in. It runs only when the document is opened directly in Word.

See Also

Word Add-ins | Creating a Word Add-in | Loading a Word Add-in