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I have a user who wants the option "Print Current Page" to be defualted when selecting File>Print. Currently the default is to print "All Pages". He wants this because a lot of them don't notice the option and end up wasting paper by printing the entire document. We are using MS Word 2003 with Windows XP Pro.
Hope someone can help. Thank you.
Wil
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If your printer drivers do not provide it, a VB marco should be able to do it. Google for examples...
See http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=VBA+PRINT+CURRENT+PAGE
Now you have your VBA code to bind to either a Macro or make a button for a toolbar that does that.
Bob
But is there a way to have the Current Page option defaulted instead of ALL? I know that created a macro and placing a button can fix this, but I was just wondering if there would be a way to just changed the default selection when going to File> Print.
Remember this is not a known feature of Word and why I offered the VBA solution. To change it any other way will involve buying your copy of Visual Studio (latest version) and the Microsoft Office Developers Kit. I bet most programmers will also pay up for MSDN so they can get an inside line to programming support. All told I bet some 25K bucks to modify this one.
The VBA solution and a toolbar button looks cheap.
Bob
...the other cheapest way...is, having known the issue, to learn to be alert to not use the "All" button,but to change it to tell the printer which page(s) to print. "Current Page" is not offered by all print jobs, e.g. a web page, an MS Excel,... Try asking "Support" of your printer's manufacturer what can be done. (?Change Windows' interface-VB&MSDN- ? ? Maybe a registry tweak ? ? A modified printer's driver ?...)
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