Don't want a specific graphic to print

External Since: Apr 13, 2006 Posts: 42

I have a graphic on the first page of a document that is purely informational
for the user and should not print in the final document. I know I can turn
off printing graphic objects at Tools>Options, but that would disallow the
printing of ALL the drawn objects. Is there any way to create a property for
a single graphic (it's a text box) that sets its Print property to False
(Like in Excel where the Print property is attached to each graphic
individually).

Thanks for any advice.

External Since: Mar 17, 2004 Posts: 4383

On Sat, 2 Aug 2008 17:25:01 -0700, Janie <Janie DeleteThis @discussions.microsoft.com>
wrote:

>I have a graphic on the first page of a document that is purely informational
>for the user and should not print in the final document. I know I can turn
>off printing graphic objects at Tools>Options, but that would disallow the
>printing of ALL the drawn objects. Is there any way to create a property for
>a single graphic (it's a text box) that sets its Print property to False
>(Like in Excel where the Print property is attached to each graphic
>individually).
>
>Thanks for any advice.

No, not really.

You can select that picture, go to Format > Font, and check the Hidden box
(keyboard shortcut: Ctrl+Shift+H), print, then hit Undo (Ctrl+Z).

Making the picture hidden collapses it so it doesn't occupy any space. That
could move text or other pictures that follow it. If that's a concern, then
instead of hiding it you can use the brightness button on the Picture toolbar to
turn up the brightness until it's all white.

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