From fe7e9a5c6c57b3a3190bfe6fefb909622df5c542 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Bastian Kleineidam <bastian.kleineidam@web.de>
Date: Mon, 7 Jan 2013 22:18:39 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Improve Word document opening: open read-only and invisble,
 avoiding unnecessary dialogs.

---
 linkcheck/winutil.py | 3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/linkcheck/winutil.py b/linkcheck/winutil.py
index 03fdb580..d623bd32 100644
--- a/linkcheck/winutil.py
+++ b/linkcheck/winutil.py
@@ -84,7 +84,8 @@ def close_word_app (app):
 
 def open_wordfile (app, filename):
     """Open given Word file with application object."""
-    return app.Documents.Open(filename)
+    return app.Documents.Open(filename, ReadOnly=True,
+      AddToRecentFiles=False, Visible=False, NoEncodingDialog=True)
 
 
 def close_wordfile (doc):