Microsoft KB Archive/211648

= WD2000: Recorded Macro to Mail Merge to Printer Requires SendKeys Statement =

Article ID: 211648

Article Last Modified on 11/23/2006

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 * Microsoft Word 2000 Standard Edition

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SUMMARY
To use a macro to send a merged document directly to the printer, the macro must include the SendKeys macro command. Without the SendKeys macro command, the Print dialog box remains on the screen.



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Add a SendKeys statement to send the {enter} key to the Print dialog box. The SendKeys statement should precede the Mail Merge statements, as in the following Visual Basic for Applications example: Sub MergeAndPrint Dim MyMerge As MailMerge Set myMerge = ActiveDocument.MailMerge If myMerge.State = wdMainAndDataSource Then SendKeys "{enter}" With ActiveDocument.MailMerge .Destination = wdSendToPrinter .Execute End With End If End Sub If you do not need to send the document directly to the printer, you can merge it to a new document, and then print it. The following sample Visual Basic for Applications macro merges to a new document, and then prints the document: Sub MergeToDocAndPrint Dim MyMerge As MailMerge Set myMerge = ActiveDocument.MailMerge If myMerge.State = wdMainAndDataSource Then ' Merge to document. With ActiveDocument.MailMerge .Destination = wdSendToNewDocument .Execute End With ' Print the merged document. ActiveDocument.PrintOut End If End Sub

