Word.Window.PrintOut.md

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Window.PrintOut method (Word)	vbawd10.chm157417917	vbawd10.chm157417917	Word.Window.PrintOut	63ea2dd2-5b3c-1239-16ce-1b4980cde3d3	06/08/2017	medium

Window.PrintOut method (Word)

Prints all or part of the document displayed in the specified window.

Syntax

expression.PrintOut (Background, Append, Range, OutputFileName, From, To, Item, Copies, Pages, PageType, PrintToFile, Collate, FileName, ActivePrinterMacGX, ManualDuplexPrint, PrintZoomColumn, PrintZoomRow, PrintZoomPaperWidth, PrintZoomPaperHeight)

expression Required. A variable that represents a Window object.

Parameters

Name	Required/Optional	Data type	Description
Background	Optional	Variant	Set to True to have the macro continue while Microsoft Word prints the document.
Append	Optional	Variant	Set to True to append the specified document to the file name specified by the OutputFileName argument. False to overwrite the contents of OutputFileName.
Range	Optional	Variant	The page range. Can be any WdPrintOutRange constant.
OutputFileName	Optional	Variant	If PrintToFile is True, this argument specifies the path and file name of the output file.
From	Optional	Variant	The starting page number when Range is set to wdPrintFromTo.
To	Optional	Variant	The ending page number when Range is set to wdPrintFromTo.
Item	Optional	Variant	The item to be printed. Can be any WdPrintOutItem constant.
Copies	Optional	Variant	The number of copies to be printed.
Pages	Optional	Variant	The page numbers and page ranges to be printed, separated by commas. For example, "2, 6-10" prints page 2 and pages 6 through 10.
PageType	Optional	Variant	The type of pages to be printed. Can be any WdPrintOutPages constant.
PrintToFile	Optional	Variant	True to send printer instructions to a file. Make sure to specify a file name with OutputFileName.
Collate	Optional	Variant	When printing multiple copies of a document, True to print all pages of the document before printing the next copy.
FileName	Optional	Variant	The path and file name of the document to be printed. If this argument is omitted, Word prints the active document. (Available only with the Application object.)
ActivePrinterMacGX	Optional	Variant	This argument is available only in Microsoft Office Macintosh Edition. For additional information about this argument, consult the language reference Help included with Microsoft Office Macintosh Edition.
ManualDuplexPrint	Optional	Variant	True to print a two-sided document on a printer without a duplex printing kit. If this argument is True, the PrintBackground and PrintReverse properties are ignored. Use the PrintOddPagesInAscendingOrder and PrintEvenPagesInAscendingOrder properties to control the output during manual duplex printing. This argument may not be available to you, depending on the language support (U.S. English, for example) that you have selected or installed.
PrintZoomColumn	Optional	Variant	The number of pages you want Word to fit horizontally on one page. Can be 1, 2, 3, or 4. Use with the PrintZoomRow argument to print multiple pages on a single sheet.
PrintZoomRow	Optional	Variant	The number of pages you want Word to fit vertically on one page. Can be 1, 2, or 4. Use with the PrintZoomColumn argument to print multiple pages on a single sheet.
PrintZoomPaperWidth	Optional	Variant	The width to which you want Word to scale printed pages, in twips (20 twips = 1 point; 72 points = 1 inch).
PrintZoomPaperHeight	Optional	Variant	The height to which you want Word to scale printed pages, in twips (20 twips = 1 point; 72 points = 1 inch).

Example

This example prints the current page of the active document.

ActiveDocument.PrintOut Range:=wdPrintCurrentPage

This example prints all the documents in the current folder. The Dir function is used to return all file names that have the file name extension ".doc".

adoc = Dir("*.DOC") 
Do While adoc <> "" 
 Application.PrintOut FileName:=adoc 
 adoc = Dir() 
Loop

This example prints the first three pages of the document in the active window.

ActiveDocument.ActiveWindow.PrintOut _ 
 Range:=wdPrintFromTo, From:="1", To:="3"

This example prints the comments in the active document.

If ActiveDocument.Comments.Count >= 1 Then 
 ActiveDocument.PrintOut Item:=wdPrintComments 
End If

This example prints the active document, fitting six pages on each sheet.

ActiveDocument.PrintOut PrintZoomColumn:=3, _ 
 PrintZoomRow:=2

This example prints the active document at 75% of actual size.

ActiveDocument.PrintOut _ 
 PrintZoomPaperWidth:=0.75 * (8.5 * 1440), _ 
 PrintZoomPaperHeight:=0.75 * (11 * 1440)

See also

Window Object

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