Programmatically display documents in Print Preview

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01/12/2024

If your solution generates a report, you might want to display the report to the user in Print Preview mode.

Applies to: The information in this topic applies to document-level projects and VSTO Add-in projects for Word. For more information, see Features available by Office application and project type.

Procedures for document-level customizations

To display a document in Print Preview by calling the PrintPreview method

Call the PrintPreview method of the Document class. To use this code example, run it from the ThisDocument class in your project.
- C#
- VB
```
this.PrintPreview();
```
```
Me.PrintPreview()
```

To display a document in Print Preview by setting the PrintPreview property

Set the PrintPreview property of the Application object to true.

C#
VB

Application.PrintPreview = true;

Application.PrintPreview = True

Procedures for VSTO Add-ins

To display a document in Print Preview by calling the PrintPreview method

Call the PrintPreview method of the Document that you want to preview. To use this code example, run it from the ThisAddIn class in your project.
- C#
- VB
```
this.Application.ActiveDocument.PrintPreview();
```
```
Me.Application.ActiveDocument.PrintPreview()
```

To display a document in Print Preview by setting the PrintPreview property

Set the PrintPreview property of the Application object to true.

C#
VB

Application.PrintPreview = true;

Application.PrintPreview = True