I don't want the Print Preview screen

[Guest]

I have just had to reinstall Office 2003 because Word failed me. Now, for
any Word document that I print, I get a superfluous Print Preview screen
after I hit "Print" that requires another instruction to Print. How do I get
rid of it?

 

[Jay Freedman]

I have just had to reinstall Office 2003 because Word failed me.
Now, for any Word document that I print, I get a superfluous Print
Preview screen after I hit "Print" that requires another instruction
to Print. How do I get rid of it?

There is no such option or feature in Word. However, your printer driver may
be set to show a preview before printing. In the Print dialog, click the
Properties button next to the printer's name (which displays a dialog
provided by the printer driver, not by Word itself) and look for an option
or checkbox related to "preview". Turn that off.

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Regards,
Jay Freedman
Microsoft Word MVP
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[Guest]

Thank you very much. This hasd happened before: the function turned on for
no apparent reason, and some months later turned itself off for no apparent
reason. I don't know why reinstalling Office would have turned it on
again... But it's off now, so thank you again.