Written by Allen Wyatt (last updated May 28, 2024)
This tip applies to Word 2007, 2010, 2013, 2016, 2019, and 2021
When Stephen chooses to print something, Word warns him that what he is trying to print is "outside the printing boundaries," but he can still print. Stephen wonders if there is any way to tell Word that he always prints outside the boundaries so that he doesn't always have to deal with this notification.
There is no way to turn this notification on or off—in other words, it is not a configuration setting you can make in the program. You can, however, turn off notifications while running a macro. This means that you can print via a macro, and simply turn notifications off just before printing and turn them back on right after printing. You do this using the DisplayAlerts property:
Application.DisplayAlerts = wdAlertsNone Application.DisplayAlerts = wdAlertsAll
The first line turns off alerts and the second turns them on. It is important to remember that these lines are always used as a pair. If you turn off alerts and never turn them back on, you won't see any alerts even after the macro is ended.
A simple way to use them in a macro is shown here:
Sub PrintMyDocument()
With Application
.DisplayAlerts = wdAlertsNone
.PrintOut Background:=False
.DisplayAlerts = wdAlertsAll
End With
End Sub
In order to use the macro, simply load the document you want to print and then run the macro. You won't see the notifications appear.
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