How to open Word from VBA?

I've tried a number of methods found on the internet, but all seem to cause an error.

I need have a macro that opens an existing file in Word and doesn't wait for Word to close. Anybody have some code that works for this?

Here's one example of what I've found:

PHP Code: 

Private Declare Function ShellExecute Lib "shell32.dll" _
  Alias "ShellExecuteA" (ByVal hWnd As Long, _
  ByVal lpOperation As String, ByVal lpFile As String, _
  ByVal lpParameters As String, ByVal lpDirectory As String, _
  ByVal nShowCmd As Long) As Long

Sub Shell_Execute(Path, File_Name)
    ' From John Wallenbeck
    ' 1/19/16 WML
    
    Dim FileName As String
    Dim Result As Long        
    If Right(Path, 1) <> "\" Then _
        Path = Path & "\"
        
    FileName = Path & File_Name
    Result = ShellExecute(0&, vbNullString, FileName, _
        vbNullString, vbNullString, vbNormalFocus)
    If Result < 32 Then MsgBox "Error"
    
End Sub ' Shell_Execute 


Thanks for any help. - Mac