Can't open Excel

[Joe Mauldin]

When I create the Macro to open Excel it does ok, when I go to run it back it goes down to Excel icon on taskbar & highlights it but does not open Excel. Any ideas

[forumsupport]

Hello,

You can make use of 'Open Program/File' command to open excel.
You can use this command if you want to launch any program or file. Text format of command would appear as follows, Open "Excel "

To insert this command, please follow below mentioned steps,

1) Open the Macro Editor from Tools -> Macro Editor.
2) Double click on the 'Open Program/File' command.
3) Type 'excel' in the Program/File path.
4) Click on 'Save' button.
5) Optionally if you want to open a file (for e.g. C:\mynotes.xls) using Excel then specify the path of the file in Parameters text box.

Hope that helps.