# Trados Print & View should not open a new session of MSWord

**URL:** <https://discourse.libsdl.org/t/trados-print-view-should-not-open-a-new-session-of-msword/25251>\
**Category:** SDL Development\
**Created:** [November 5, 2018, 3:53pm UTC](https://discourse.libsdl.org/t/trados-print-view-should-not-open-a-new-session-of-msword/25251 "2018-11-05T15:53:02Z")\
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**Author:** ![jfdelannoy](https://discourse.libsdl.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/65b543/32.png) [@jfdelannoy](https://discourse.libsdl.org/u/jfdelannoy)\
**Post date:** [November 5, 2018, 3:53pm UTC](https://discourse.libsdl.org/t/trados-print-view-should-not-open-a-new-session-of-msword/25251/1 "2018-11-05T15:53:02Z")

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as per title.

Is there a setting to simply use an already open MS Word (or Excel) session to view the result?

Thanks

JF

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**Author:** ![AntTheAlchemist](https://discourse.libsdl.org/user_avatar/discourse.libsdl.org/antthealchemist/32/3894_2.png) [@AntTheAlchemist](https://discourse.libsdl.org/u/AntTheAlchemist)\
**Post date:** [November 5, 2018, 4:12pm UTC](https://discourse.libsdl.org/t/trados-print-view-should-not-open-a-new-session-of-msword/25251/2 "2018-11-05T16:12:36Z")

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Wrong SDL forum? This is for the Simple Directmedia Layer programming library.