How to: Display Documents in Print Preview

Microsoft Visual Studio Tools for the Microsoft Office system (version 3.0)

Applies to
The information in this topic applies only to the specified Visual Studio Tools for Office projects and versions of Microsoft Office. Project type Document-level projects Application-level projects Microsoft Office version Word 2003 Word 2007 For more information, see Features Available by Application and Project Type.

Applies to

The information in this topic applies only to the specified Visual Studio Tools for Office projects and versions of Microsoft Office.

Project type

Microsoft Office version

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

Procedures for Document-Level Customizations

Call the PrintPreview method of the Microsoft.Office.Tools.Word..::.Document class. To use this code example, run it from the ThisDocument class in your project.
Visual Basic
Me.PrintPreview()
C#
this.PrintPreview();

Set the PrintPreview property of the Application object to true.
Visual Basic
Application.PrintPreview = True
C#
Application.PrintPreview = true;

Procedures for Application-Level Add-Ins

Call the PrintPreview method of the Microsoft.Office.Interop.Word..::.Document that you want to preview. To use this code example, run it from the ThisAddIn class in your project.
Visual Basic
Me.Application.ActiveDocument.PrintPreview()
C#
this.Application.ActiveDocument.PrintPreview();

Set the PrintPreview property of the Application object to true.
Visual Basic
Application.PrintPreview = True
C#
Application.PrintPreview = true;