How to: Display Documents in Print Preview

Applies to
The information in this topic applies only to the specified Visual Studio Tools for Office projects and versions of Microsoft Office. Project type Document-level projects Application-level projects Microsoft Office version Word 2003 Word 2007 For more information, see Features Available by Application and Project Type.

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

Procedures for Document-Level Customizations

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

• Call the PrintPreview method of the Microsoft.Office.Tools.Word.Document class. To use this code example, run it from the ThisDocument class in your project.

  Me.PrintPreview()
  

  this.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; 
  

Procedures for Application-Level Add-Ins

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

• Call the PrintPreview method of the 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