>>so there's no .exe I can create a shortcut to and get there without actually going through Word?
>
>I bet you can do it with Automation. Just force the keystrokes into work and
>don't make it visible until you have the editor up.
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>+++ Rick ---

Well, if you are going to go that route, you could probably create a document that has an autostart macro that starts the VBA editor. Then you just need to double click on the document or a shortcut thereof and VIOLA the VBA editor is up.

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