Workbook.BeforePrint event (Excel)

Occurs before the workbook (or anything in it) is printed.

Syntax

expression.BeforePrint (Cancel)

expression A variable that represents a Workbook object.

Parameters

Name Required/Optional Data type Description
Cancel Required Boolean False when the event occurs. If the event procedure sets this argument to True, the workbook isn't printed when the procedure is finished.

Return value

Nothing

Example

This example recalculates all worksheets in the active workbook before printing anything.

Private Sub Workbook_BeforePrint(Cancel As Boolean) 
 For Each wk in Worksheets 
 wk.Calculate 
 Next 
End Sub

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