NotebookOpen

NotebookOpen["name"] opens an existing notebook with the specified name, returning the corresponding notebook object.

NotebookOpen["name", options] opens a notebook using the options given.

NotebookOpen will usually cause a new notebook window to be opened on your screen.

NotebookOpen returns $Failed if it cannot open a notebook with the specified name.

NotebookOpen searches the directories specified by the NotebookPath global option for the front end.

With the option Visible->False set, NotebookOpen will return a NotebookObject, but will not cause a window to appear on your screen.

NotebookOpen initially sets the current selection to be before the first cell in the notebook.

See The Mathematica Book: Section 2.10.2 and Section 2.10.3.

See also: NotebookCreate, NotebookLocate, NotebookSelection, OpenRead, Get, SetSelectedNotebook.