NewFile Object

NewFile

The NewFile object represents items listed on the New Item task pane available in several Microsoft Office applications. The following table shows the property to use to access the NewFile object in each of the applications.

Application	Property
Microsoft Access	NewFileTaskPane
Microsoft Excel	NewWorkbook
Microsoft FrontPage	NewPageOrWeb
Microsoft PowerPoint	NewPresentation
Microsoft Word	NewDocument

Note  The examples below are for Word, but you can change the NewDocument property for any of the properties listed above and use the code in the corresponding application.

Using the NewFile object

Use the Add method to add a new item to the New Item task pane. The following example adds an item to Word's New Document task pane.

Sub AddNewDocToTaskPane()
    Application.NewDocument.Add FileName:="C:\NewDocument.doc", _
        Section:=msoNew, DisplayName:="New Document"
    CommandBars("Task Pane").Visible = True
End Sub
		

Use the Remove method to remove an item from the New Item task pane. The following example removes the document added in the above example from Word's New Document task pane.

Sub RemoveDocFromTaskPane()
    Application.NewDocument.Remove FileName:="C:\NewDocument.doc", _
        Section:=msoNew, DisplayName:="New Document"
    CommandBars("Task Pane").Visible = True
End Sub