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How to: Display Documents in Print Preview

If your solution generates a report, you might want to display the report to the user in Print Preview mode.

Applies to: The information in this topic applies to document-level projects and application-level projects for Word 2007 and Word 2010. For more information, see Features Available by Office Application and Project Type.

Procedures for Document-Level Customizations

To display a document in Print Preview by calling the PrintPreview method

To display a document in Print Preview by setting the PrintPreview property

  • Set the PrintPreview property of the Application object to true.

    Application.PrintPreview = True
    
    Application.PrintPreview = true; 
    

Procedures for Application-Level Add-Ins

To display a document in Print Preview by calling the PrintPreview method

  • Call the PrintPreview method of the Microsoft.Office.Interop.Word.Document that you want to preview. To use this code example, run it from the ThisAddIn class in your project.

    Me.Application.ActiveDocument.PrintPreview()
    
    this.Application.ActiveDocument.PrintPreview();
    

To display a document in Print Preview by setting the PrintPreview property

  • Set the PrintPreview property of the Application object to true.

    Application.PrintPreview = True
    
    Application.PrintPreview = true; 
    

See Also

Tasks

How to: Print Documents

How to: Open Existing Documents

How to: Create New Documents