Jezebel,

For this specific usage, it doesn't seem beneficial to read the entire file
contents in as a single string.  Unless I am overlooking something, it seems
to make opening the listed files more complicated.  When I use "Split" to
create the array of file names "myFile()", the second and each subsequent
file name is preceeded with the delimiter character (in this case the end of
line marker).  The first file opens normally, but without addition
manipulation of the string myFile(i), an error is generated trying to open
the second file in the list.

Sub OpenListOfFiles()
Dim SettingsFile As String
Dim pFileContents As String
Dim myFile() As String
Dim i As Long
SettingsFile = Options.DefaultFilePath(wdDocumentsPath) & "\MyFileList.txt"
Open SettingsFile For Input As #1
pFileContents = Input(LOF(1), #1)
Close #1
myFile() = Split(pFileContents, vbCr)
i = 0
Documents.Open myFile(i)
For i = 1 To UBound(myFile) - 1
 Documents.Open Right(myFile(i), Len(myFile(i)) - 1)
Next
End Sub

The original method seems simpler:

Sub OpenListOfFiles()
Dim myFile As String
Dim SettingsFile As String
SettingsFile = Options.DefaultFilePath(wdDocumentsPath) & "\MyFileList.txt"
Open SettingsFile For Input As #1
While Not EOF(1)
   Input #1, myFile
   Documents.Open (myFile)
Wend
Close #1
End Sub