Default printer by application

[Kevin Garnett]

Is it possible to set a different default printer for
different applications in the Office suite?

For example, if I am in Word, I usually print to a black
and white laserjet printer, if I am using Excel, I usually
print to a wide carriage inkjet printer so that I can
print to larger sheets, and when i use Powerpoint, I
usually tend to print to a color laserjet.

This means that every time I go into one of these
programs, I end up having to change the printer depending
on what program I am in.

If this is not something that is possible in Office XP,
maybe someone at Microsoft will decide that this is good
idea and add it to a future release.

Thanx in advance for any help.
Kevin

 

[Bob Buckland ?:-\)]

Hi Kevin,

You'd probably need a macro to do this in
each of the Office apps. Check with the
newsgroups for the app you want to have it in,
for example Powerpoint is
news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsoft.public.powerpoint

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Is it possible to set a different default printer for
different applications in the Office suite?

For example, if I am in Word, I usually print to a black
and white laserjet printer, if I am using Excel, I usually
print to a wide carriage inkjet printer so that I can
print to larger sheets, and when i use Powerpoint, I
usually tend to print to a color laserjet.

This means that every time I go into one of these
programs, I end up having to change the printer depending
on what program I am in.

If this is not something that is possible in Office XP,
maybe someone at Microsoft will decide that this is good
idea and add it to a future release.

Thanx in advance for any help.
Kevin >>
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I hope that this helps,

Bob Buckland ?
MS Office System Products MVP

*Courtesy is not expensive and can pay big dividends*