# How to start msWord and make it visible on the desktop

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**Created:** [February 8, 2020, 12:42pm UTC](https://clarionhub.com/t/how-to-start-msword-and-make-it-visible-on-the-desktop/3090 "2020-02-08T12:42:50Z")\
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**Author:** ![pbouma](https://clarionhub.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/p/d6d6ee/32.png) [@pbouma](https://clarionhub.com/u/pbouma)\
**Post date:** [February 8, 2020, 12:42pm UTC](https://clarionhub.com/t/how-to-start-msword-and-make-it-visible-on-the-desktop/3090/1 "2020-02-08T12:42:50Z")

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Capesoft's Office Inside on a browse (MDI) a button to start Word

after init and make newdoc I want:  
!--- Make Word visible  
WordDoc.Update(oiw:ApplicationVisible, 1)  
but Word stays on the window taskbar

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**Author:** ![jslarve](https://clarionhub.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/e480ec/32.png) [@jslarve](https://clarionhub.com/u/jslarve)\
**Post date:** [February 9, 2020, 3:23am UTC](https://clarionhub.com/t/how-to-start-msword-and-make-it-visible-on-the-desktop/3090/2 "2020-02-09T03:23:45Z")

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Perhaps you need to restore from a minimized state.