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Cowtoon - 23 Jan 2006 16:35 GMT

I'd like my document to remember which printer it last used. Is this done
with a macro or is there some other way to do this.

I'd appreciate your thoughts. Thanks.

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Helmut Weber - 24 Jan 2006 13:36 GMT

Hi,

> I'd like my document to remember which printer it last used. Is this done
> with a macro or is there some other way to do this.

You'll need a macro, IMHO.
You may intercept the print commands,
see:
http://word.mvps.org/faqs/macrosvba/InterceptSavePrint.htm

or use an application beforeprint event
see:
http://word.mvps.org/faqs/macrosvba/AppClassEvents.htm

Then you got to decide, where to store the printer name,
e.g. in a document variable, or in a custom document property.
To get the printer name: MsgBox Application.ActivePrinter

To store the printer name successfully, you might
have to set set document's saved property to false,
store the printer name, and save to doc.

And there might be more things to pay attention to.

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