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MS Office Forum / Excel / New Users / April 2008Excel View
I would like to modify an excel document that I send to my customers so that when they open the file it comes up in a format ike the print preview and not the working format. How to I do this? To have your workbook open to a particular sheet in print preview mode you would need to have some event code which runs when the workbook is opened. Then you would have to ensure that customers enable macros when opening the workbook. Print Preview mode is none too presentable in my opinion. What exactly do you want the active sheet to look like? No menus or toolbars showing or??? Gord Dibben MS Excel MVP >I would like to modify an excel document that I send to my customers so that >when they open the file it comes up in a format ike the print preview and not >the working format. How to I do this? I would like it to look just like the printed document would look with the header and footer and be read-only and printable. > To have your workbook open to a particular sheet in print preview mode you would > need to have some event code which runs when the workbook is opened. [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] > >when they open the file it comes up in a format ike the print preview and not > >the working format. How to I do this? With a backup copy of your workbook open, right-click on the Excel Icon and "View Code". Copy/paste this code into that module. Private Sub Workbook_Open() ActiveSheet.PageSetup.PrintArea = "$A$1:$I$58" Application.DisplayFullScreen = True With ActiveSheet.PageSetup .CenterHeader = "Date" .LeftFooter = "Company Name" .PrintGridlines = False .Orientation = xlPortrait .Draft = False .FirstPageNumber = xlAutomatic End With ActiveWindow.SelectedSheets.PrintPreview End Sub There are many more print features and functions you could add to this. Best to record a macro while doing your complete print setup to see the code generated. Gord >I would like it to look just like the printed document would look with the >header and footer and be read-only and printable. [quoted text clipped - 16 lines] >> >when they open the file it comes up in a format ike the print preview and not >> >the working format. How to I do this? As an afterthought, maybe you should just save the workbook as a PDF and send that to the customers. Gord >With a backup copy of your workbook open, right-click on the Excel Icon and >"View Code". [quoted text clipped - 42 lines] >>> >when they open the file it comes up in a format ike the print preview and not >>> >the working format. How to I do this? You could save it and require a password to modify, then it opens as "Read Only." This would not look like "Print Preview" option. If you are publishing the document for distribution and don't want them to make changes, I'd publish to a .PDF format. I use PDF converter which is a lot cheaper than Adobe, and like it a lot. Hope this helps, George -- >I would like to modify an excel document that I send to my customers so that >when they open the file it comes up in a format ike the print preview and not >the working format. How to I do this? |
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