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    stop shapes from being printed

    Hi all,

    in Word i have a rectangle that i want to be visible, not editable end not printable.
    so i drew it in the header (thi smakes it uneditable in normal writing mode)

    But how do i make it not printable

    'Me.Shapes(1). ' does not provide a PrintObject property.
    Adn i cant find an OnPrint-event or anything.

    Ow, and making a custom print-button is not an option since the
    users are mostly computer-illiterates (spelled correctly??)

    any suggestions?

    Thanks alot in andvance

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    is there really noone who can help me?

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    As far as the disabling of shape printing, I think you can only disable ALL the shapes from printing as far as I can tell - you can't print some shapes but not others on a single document:
    VB Code:
    1. Options.PrintDrawingObjects = False
    2. Application.ActiveDocument.PrintOut

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    I've also found this site which tells you how to intercept a request for a document print...

    http://www.mvps.org/word/FAQs/Macros...tSavePrint.htm

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    hi,

    ok guys, thanx.
    i think i can solve my problem with this info.

    thanx a bunch

    Remvs
    Holland

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