Reading and Printing Word Documents in WSH - Printing Page Ranges and more
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Finally, you’re probably wondering about printing specific pages or page ranges. These types of settings must be supplied as parameters to the PrintOut method. There are many different optional parameters available. I’m not going to cover all of them here, but I’ll show you a couple of common examples.
'Example 1
Const wdPrintFromTo = 3
objWord.ActiveDocument.PrintOut(,, wdPrintFromTo,, 4, 6,,,"2")
'Example 2
objWord.ActiveDocument.PrintOut(,,,,,,,,"2,4-6")
Both of these examples perform the same task by setting different property values. The idea here is to print four total pages: page 2, and pages 4 through 6. The first example uses a print range. In the third parameter I’ve specified that I’m using a From-To range. Then, in the fifth and sixth parameters I’ve specified the starting and ending pages, respectively. Finally, I use the ninth parameter to specify a single addition page to print—page 2.
The value of the ninth parameter (or the “Pages” parameter) of the PrintOut method must always be enclosed in quotes. This is to avoid conflicts whenever you supply multiple ranges separated by commas.
In the second example, I’ve done this again, but I’m only specifying the ninth parameter. It accepts any comma-separated combination of individual page numbers and ranges.
objWord.ActiveDocument.PrintOut(,,,,,,, 10,,,, True)
In my final example, I’m telling Word to print ten copies of my current document and to collate them on the printer. I’m using the eighth parameter to specify the number of copies to print, and a Boolean value in the twelfth parameter turns collation on or off.
The syntax of the PrintOut method is a bit complicated. For more information, see the MSDN documentation here. You can mix and match a combination of any of the methods I’ve shown you here to achieve the desired result.
You’ve now seen how you can read and print the contents of your Word documents using Word’s OLE automation object. Take the time to explore the possibilities. The Word object is very detailed and offers much more power than I could capture in a few articles. Don’t be afraid to leaf through the MSDN’s online documentation. Until next time, keep coding!
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