Vista - [MS Word Macro] VBscript flag image to not print it

Hello group,

A quick sketch on my situation:

I made a template in MS Word 2003 for administrative tasks in an
office. It consists of form text fields.
When the user completes filling in the form, it will be printed on an
official document (insurance type). So I had to place the form text
fields carefully according to the layout of the document. I used a
scan from the document and placed it on the "background" of the
template (order -> send to back) to place the text fields.

When I delete the scanned image, the document looks really empty (just
a small logo and the grey fields). I know there is an option in Word
to disable printing backgrounds (if I would use it as a background),
but this is not an option because the users are not so handy when it
comes to using computers and changing settings.

So a breakdown of my question:
Is there any way to "flag" the image in a macro (AutoExec) using
VBScript so that it should not be printed when the user prints the
finished form (document)?

Thanks!

marnick.vos@xxxxxx wrote:hi Marnick,

I suggest that you do the following in an "AutoOpen" macro.
This assumes that your users have permission to run wd macros.

- Start with an empty AutoOpen macro. Optionally, you may
also wish to include an empty AutoClose macro.

- In your AutoOpen procedure, test whether the document being
opened is your contract document. If so, then set up an event
handler for the "DocumentBeforePrint" event. There is a
discussion in your help file on how to set up an event handler,
entitled: "Using Events with the Application Object". You may
also wish to cancel this event handler in your AutoClose macro.

- If you haven't already, turn on the macro recorder, and
(manually) go through the series of steps needed to disable
printing your document background. Then turn off the recorder.
What you get from the recorder is some vba code that turns off
the background image. Insert this code into the
"DocumentBeforePrint" event handler. You may also wish to
reverse this in your AutoClose macro.

cheers, jw
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On 28 mrt, 17:04, mr_unreliable <kindlyReplyToNewsgr...@xxxxxx>
wrote:Thanks a lot mr_unreliable, your tips were very helpful.