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Printing a word document generated from VB

i've generated a word document from VB with Custom paper size 10" X 12".(we have a preprinted paper format of size 10" X 12").But while printing from word its taking default paper source as Letter which is 8.5" X 11".so i dont get page break properly  while printing .(although it leaves page break properly in the word document.)how to solve this problem?

i've already specified as

Dim objword As New Word.Application
    Dim objTargetDoc As Word.Document
    Set objTargetDoc = objword.Documents.Open("....")
   
    Set objRange = objTargetDoc.Range( _
    Start:=objTargetDoc.Paragraphs(1).Range.Start, _
    End:=objTargetDoc.Paragraphs(objTargetDoc.Paragraphs.Count).Range.End)
    objRange.Select
    objRange.Style = -1
    objTargetDoc.PageSetup.PaperSize = wdPaperCustom

    objTargetDoc.PageSetup.PageWidth = 720    objTargetDoc.PageSetup.PageHeight = 864

is it not 1 inch  = 72 pts
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vaishnavi
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bruintjeCommented:
Hi vaishnavi,

you can try something like this

Sub SetPrintProps()
  With objword.ActiveDocument.PageSetup
    .PageWidth = InchesToPoints(10)
    .PageHeight = InchesToPoints(12)
  End With
End Sub

HAGD:O)Bruintje
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advappCommented:
What you have looked like it should work so I stuck in the following lines into an existing project I have that does some word manipulation:

    Set objDoc = InitWordDoc(objWord)
    ...
    objDoc.PageSetup.PaperSize = wdPaperCustom
    objDoc.PageSetup.PageHeight = objDoc.Application.InchesToPoints(10)
    objDoc.PageSetup.PageWidth = objDoc.Application.InchesToPoints(12)

and it appeared to work fine for me.  (The InitWordDoc proc just creates the document and sets the margins to 1" around.)

Of course, I do not have the 10x12 paper so it informed me it was outside the boundaries and asked whether to continue, to which I responded "yes".  But otherwise it worked.

I'd check what state the document is in by doing a print-preview and/or making Word visible to examine the document state.  I can help you with this if you need guidance on how to do it.

NOTE:
By the way, I think you can replace all the lines around

   Set objRange = objTargetDoc.Range( _
   Start:=objTargetDoc.Paragraphs(1).Range.Start, _
   End:=objTargetDoc.Paragraphs(objTargetDoc.Paragraphs.Count).Range.End)
   objRange.Select
   objRange.Style = -1

with:

   objTargetDoc.Content.Select
   objTargetDoc.Content.Style = -1

or you can always set objRange to objTargetDoc.Content if you need an explicit reference to that content range.
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DanRollinsCommented:
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SpideyModCommented:
per recommendation

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