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
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For additional information about getting help with Visual Basic for Applications, click the article number below to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
226118 OFF2000: Programming Resources for Visual Basic for Applications
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