WD97: Visual Basic Example to Print Current Page

Last reviewed: March 13, 1998
Article ID: Q170876

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Word 97 for Windows

SUMMARY

In Microsoft Word, you can create a macro to print only the current page (the page where the insertion point is located).

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The Visual Basic for Applications macro instruction to print the current page is

   ActiveDocument.PrintOut Range:=wdPrintCurrentPage

For more information about printing options in Visual Basic, click the Office Assistant in the Visual Basic Editor, type "What is the Printout method," click Search, and then click to view "PrintOut Method (Application, Document, and Window Objects)."

NOTE: If the Assistant is hidden, click the Office Assistant button on the Standard toolbar. If the Assistant is not able to answer your query, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

   ARTICLE-ID: Q176476
   TITLE     : OFF: Office Assistant Not Answering Visual Basic Questions

REFERENCES

For more information about getting help with Visual Basic for Applications, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

   ARTICLE-ID: Q163435
   TITLE     : VBA: Programming Resources for Visual Basic for
               Applications

Additional query words: kbmacro vba vbe
Keywords : word8 word97 kbcode kbmacro kbprg
Version : WINDOWS:97
Platform : WINDOWS
Issue type : kbhowto

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Last reviewed: March 13, 1998
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