Excel 3.0 Documentation Error with EXEC Function

Last reviewed: November 3, 1994
Article ID: Q71734

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Excel for Windows, version 3.0

SUMMARY

Page 71 of the "Microsoft Excel Function Reference" for version 3.0 shows a macro example that uses the EXEC function to run Word for Windows and open a particular document. Cell B5 of the example contains the following line:

   =EXEC("C:\WINWORD.EXE","C:\MEMO1.DOC")

This is a documentation error. The arguments to this EXEC function are incorrect; there should be only one argument. The corrected line should read:

   =EXEC("C:\WINWORD\WINWORD.EXE C:\MEMO1.DOC")

REFERENCES

"Microsoft Excel Function Reference," version 3.0, page 71

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Last reviewed: November 3, 1994
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