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Print a
batch of files
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This page was inspired by a Word
newsgroup question from a user who wanted to batch print a selection of
Word files in a particular order. It is possible to simply select a
group of files using Windows Explorer or its Vista equivalent, right
click and select the option to print, and the documents will be printed,
but to force the documents to be printed in a particular order, or even
the order in which they appear in Explorer, is a little more complex.
The code involved draws upon the code
used in the 'boiler' add-in which
you can also download from the downloads page.
The code has been modified to allow only Word doc & docx format
documents (only doc format in the Word 2002-3 version) to be selected,
ordered and printed, and is presented in the form of a
pair of add-ins.
The function is activated from a
button which is added to the Developer tab in Word 2007, or via a
toolbar button in 2002-3. |
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When the button is clicked, the user is prompted to select the folder containing the
documents to be printed. It is sufficient to merely highlight the
required folder as shown in the following
illustration. |
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Click OK to proceed or Cancel to quit.
Select the documents to be printed in
the left window and click the 'Select' button. The documents are
transferred to the right window. You can make multiple selections. If you
make a mistake, selected documents in the right window can be removed by
clicking the 'Remove' button, and the arrows to the right can be used to
move the position in the list of a selected file. |
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Click OK to print the documents, to the currently active printer, in the
order they are listed in the right window. |
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