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How do I save printer settings to a certain document?
My printer settings default to the next doc printed. How do I get each doc
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On Fri, 11 Feb 2005 14:17:03 -0800, "Admin Asst." Admin
wrote: My printer settings default to the next doc printed. How do I get each doc to keep it's own printer settings in MSWORD 2003? Sorry, that isn't something Word can do. There's no place in the file structure to store printer settings. If you make a separate template for each kind of document, you can create a macro named FilePrint in each template to intercept the Print command (and one named FilePrintDefault if you also want to intercept the toolbar button). In that macro you can set the printer settings for that kind of document and then kick off the print dialog. See http://www.word.mvps.org/FAQs/Macros...tSavePrint.htm for information. -- Regards, Jay Freedman Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org |
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Thanks Jay, I guess Microsoft just upgraded me right out of biz. I dont want
to have to build macros everytime I need to print a new document. Gonna try to downgrade my version of Word. Wish me luck. "Jay Freedman" wrote: On Fri, 11 Feb 2005 14:17:03 -0800, "Admin Asst." Admin wrote: My printer settings default to the next doc printed. How do I get each doc to keep it's own printer settings in MSWORD 2003? Sorry, that isn't something Word can do. There's no place in the file structure to store printer settings. If you make a separate template for each kind of document, you can create a macro named FilePrint in each template to intercept the Print command (and one named FilePrintDefault if you also want to intercept the toolbar button). In that macro you can set the printer settings for that kind of document and then kick off the print dialog. See http://www.word.mvps.org/FAQs/Macros...tSavePrint.htm for information. -- Regards, Jay Freedman Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org |
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No previous version of Word can do this, either. And you don't need to
create a new macro for every document, just for each template. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "Admin Asst." wrote in message news  Thanks Jay, I guess Microsoft just upgraded me right out of biz. I dont want to have to build macros everytime I need to print a new document. Gonna try to downgrade my version of Word. Wish me luck. "Jay Freedman" wrote: On Fri, 11 Feb 2005 14:17:03 -0800, "Admin Asst." Admin wrote: My printer settings default to the next doc printed. How do I get each doc to keep it's own printer settings in MSWORD 2003? Sorry, that isn't something Word can do. There's no place in the file structure to store printer settings. If you make a separate template for each kind of document, you can create a macro named FilePrint in each template to intercept the Print command (and one named FilePrintDefault if you also want to intercept the toolbar button). In that macro you can set the printer settings for that kind of document and then kick off the print dialog. See http://www.word.mvps.org/FAQs/Macros...tSavePrint.htm for information. -- Regards, Jay Freedman Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org |
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If you create a printers toolbar and the macros in normal.dot, you only have
to build the macros once. In this case rather than intercept the print command simply create a command to print to the required printer with the required settings e.g. Sub LaserTray2() Dim sCurrentPrinter As String sCurrentPrinter = ActivePrinter ActivePrinter = "Put the name of the required printer here" With Options .DefaultTray = "Set the tray option here" End With Application.PrintOut FileName:="" With Options .DefaultTray = "Use printer settings" End With ActivePrinter = sCurrentPrinter End Sub My web site appears to be unavailable at the moment, and I am out of the country until later today (13/2/2005) so will not be able to thrash my web host company until Monday. If you can wait until then, see http://www.gmayor.com/fax_from_word.htm for more detail on this approach. -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org Suzanne S. Barnhill wrote: No previous version of Word can do this, either. And you don't need to create a new macro for every document, just for each template. "Admin Asst." wrote in message news Thanks Jay, I guess Microsoft just upgraded me right out of biz. I dont want to have to build macros everytime I need to print a new document. Gonna try to downgrade my version of Word. Wish me luck. "Jay Freedman" wrote: On Fri, 11 Feb 2005 14:17:03 -0800, "Admin Asst." Admin wrote: My printer settings default to the next doc printed. How do I get each doc to keep it's own printer settings in MSWORD 2003? Sorry, that isn't something Word can do. There's no place in the file structure to store printer settings. If you make a separate template for each kind of document, you can create a macro named FilePrint in each template to intercept the Print command (and one named FilePrintDefault if you also want to intercept the toolbar button). In that macro you can set the printer settings for that kind of document and then kick off the print dialog. See http://www.word.mvps.org/FAQs/Macros...tSavePrint.htm for information. -- Regards, Jay Freedman Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org |
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My other offices have all had versions of Word that would save printer
settings for each document just by clicking the save button on the toolbar. I used to be able to click on that and it would save all settings for that document, then when I opened another doc,(or even that same doc) it would have it's own settings and I could just click the print button on the tool bar and it would print with it's own printer settings. No need to reset or make macros, templates or anything. Just click the save button and the print button. It was that easy. I miss the good old days. "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: No previous version of Word can do this, either. And you don't need to create a new macro for every document, just for each template. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "Admin Asst." wrote in message news Thanks Jay, I guess Microsoft just upgraded me right out of biz. I dont want to have to build macros everytime I need to print a new document. Gonna try to downgrade my version of Word. Wish me luck. "Jay Freedman" wrote: On Fri, 11 Feb 2005 14:17:03 -0800, "Admin Asst." Admin wrote: My printer settings default to the next doc printed. How do I get each doc to keep it's own printer settings in MSWORD 2003? Sorry, that isn't something Word can do. There's no place in the file structure to store printer settings. If you make a separate template for each kind of document, you can create a macro named FilePrint in each template to intercept the Print command (and one named FilePrintDefault if you also want to intercept the toolbar button). In that macro you can set the printer settings for that kind of document and then kick off the print dialog. See http://www.word.mvps.org/FAQs/Macros...tSavePrint.htm for information. -- Regards, Jay Freedman Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org |
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That sounds like and Add-in for Word that someone in the Company created.
-- Please respond to the Newsgroup for the benefit of others who may be interested. Questions sent directly to me will only be answered on a paid consulting basis. Hope this helps, Doug Robbins - Word MVP "Admin Asst." wrote in message ... My other offices have all had versions of Word that would save printer settings for each document just by clicking the save button on the toolbar. I used to be able to click on that and it would save all settings for that document, then when I opened another doc,(or even that same doc) it would have it's own settings and I could just click the print button on the tool bar and it would print with it's own printer settings. No need to reset or make macros, templates or anything. Just click the save button and the button. It was that easy. I miss the good old days. "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: No previous version of Word can do this, either. And you don't need to create a new macro for every document, just for each template. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "Admin Asst." wrote in message news Thanks Jay, I guess Microsoft just upgraded me right out of biz. I dont want to have to build macros everytime I need to print a new document. Gonna try to downgrade my version of Word. Wish me luck. "Jay Freedman" wrote: On Fri, 11 Feb 2005 14:17:03 -0800, "Admin Asst." Admin wrote: My printer settings default to the next doc printed. How do I get each doc to keep it's own printer settings in MSWORD 2003? Sorry, that isn't something Word can do. There's no place in the file structure to store printer settings. If you make a separate template for each kind of document, you can create a macro named FilePrint in each template to intercept the command (and one named FilePrintDefault if you also want to intercept the toolbar button). In that macro you can set the printer settings for that kind of document and then kick off the print dialog. See http://www.word.mvps.org/FAQs/Macros...tSavePrint.htm for information. -- Regards, Jay Freedman Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org |
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As Doug says, this ability was due either to the presence of a custom add-in
or macros or to the fact that the word processor being used was WordPerfect (which I believe can store the printer selection). It has never been possible in off-the-shelf Word. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "Admin Asst." wrote in message ... My other offices have all had versions of Word that would save printer settings for each document just by clicking the save button on the toolbar. I used to be able to click on that and it would save all settings for that document, then when I opened another doc,(or even that same doc) it would have it's own settings and I could just click the print button on the tool bar and it would print with it's own printer settings. No need to reset or make macros, templates or anything. Just click the save button and the button. It was that easy. I miss the good old days. "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: No previous version of Word can do this, either. And you don't need to create a new macro for every document, just for each template. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "Admin Asst." wrote in message news Thanks Jay, I guess Microsoft just upgraded me right out of biz. I dont want to have to build macros everytime I need to print a new document. Gonna try to downgrade my version of Word. Wish me luck. "Jay Freedman" wrote: On Fri, 11 Feb 2005 14:17:03 -0800, "Admin Asst." Admin wrote: My printer settings default to the next doc printed. How do I get each doc to keep it's own printer settings in MSWORD 2003? Sorry, that isn't something Word can do. There's no place in the file structure to store printer settings. If you make a separate template for each kind of document, you can create a macro named FilePrint in each template to intercept the command (and one named FilePrintDefault if you also want to intercept the toolbar button). In that macro you can set the printer settings for that kind of document and then kick off the print dialog. See http://www.word.mvps.org/FAQs/Macros...tSavePrint.htm for information. -- Regards, Jay Freedman Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org |
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How do I save printer settings to a certain document?
Picked up this thread as I now have a version of Word which does not retain
printer settings when a document is saved wheras previous versions used to and htey were standard as sold by Microsoft - Office developer XP pack and previously office 95, and were off the shelf packs and not customised in any way. "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: As Doug says, this ability was due either to the presence of a custom add-in or macros or to the fact that the word processor being used was WordPerfect (which I believe can store the printer selection). It has never been possible in off-the-shelf Word. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "Admin Asst." wrote in message ... My other offices have all had versions of Word that would save printer settings for each document just by clicking the save button on the toolbar. I used to be able to click on that and it would save all settings for that document, then when I opened another doc,(or even that same doc) it would have it's own settings and I could just click the print button on the tool bar and it would print with it's own printer settings. No need to reset or make macros, templates or anything. Just click the save button and the button. It was that easy. I miss the good old days. "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: No previous version of Word can do this, either. And you don't need to create a new macro for every document, just for each template. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "Admin Asst." wrote in message news
Thanks Jay, I guess Microsoft just upgraded me right out of biz. Idont want to have to build macros everytime I need to print a new document. Gonna try to downgrade my version of Word. Wish me luck. "Jay Freedman" wrote: On Fri, 11 Feb 2005 14:17:03 -0800, "Admin Asst." Admin wrote: My printer settings default to the next doc printed. How do I get each doc to keep it's own printer settings in MSWORD 2003? Sorry, that isn't something Word can do. There's no place in the file structure to store printer settings. If you make a separate template for each kind of document, you can create a macro named FilePrint in each template to intercept the command (and one named FilePrintDefault if you also want to intercept the toolbar button). In that macro you can set the printer settings for that kind of document and then kick off the print dialog. See http://www.word.mvps.org/FAQs/Macros...tSavePrint.htm for information. -- Regards, Jay Freedman Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org |
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How do I save printer settings to a certain document?
I reiterate: No version of Word has ever been able to store a printer
selection with the document. Word always uses the Windows default printer at startup. When you change the printer setting for a given document, that printer becomes the active printer for the remainder of the Word session unless you change it again. You can store tray settings with a document, but not the printer. Microsoft Publisher does store this information. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA "cheesemike" wrote in message ... Picked up this thread as I now have a version of Word which does not retain printer settings when a document is saved wheras previous versions used to and htey were standard as sold by Microsoft - Office developer XP pack and previously office 95, and were off the shelf packs and not customised in any way. "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: As Doug says, this ability was due either to the presence of a custom add-in or macros or to the fact that the word processor being used was WordPerfect (which I believe can store the printer selection). It has never been possible in off-the-shelf Word. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "Admin Asst." wrote in message ... My other offices have all had versions of Word that would save printer settings for each document just by clicking the save button on the toolbar. I used to be able to click on that and it would save all settings for that document, then when I opened another doc,(or even that same doc) it would have it's own settings and I could just click the print button on the tool bar and it would print with it's own printer settings. No need to reset or make macros, templates or anything. Just click the save button and the button. It was that easy. I miss the good old days. "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: No previous version of Word can do this, either. And you don't need to create a new macro for every document, just for each template. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "Admin Asst." wrote in message news
Thanks Jay, I guess Microsoft just upgraded me right out of biz. Idont want to have to build macros everytime I need to print a new document. Gonna try to downgrade my version of Word. Wish me luck. "Jay Freedman" wrote: On Fri, 11 Feb 2005 14:17:03 -0800, "Admin Asst." Admin wrote: My printer settings default to the next doc printed. How do I get each doc to keep it's own printer settings in MSWORD 2003? Sorry, that isn't something Word can do. There's no place in the file structure to store printer settings. If you make a separate template for each kind of document, you can create a macro named FilePrint in each template to intercept the command (and one named FilePrintDefault if you also want to intercept the toolbar button). In that macro you can set the printer settings for that kind of document and then kick off the print dialog. See http://www.word.mvps.org/FAQs/Macros...tSavePrint.htm for information. -- Regards, Jay Freedman Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org |
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