Running a Macro on Open in Word

[Ste_Moore01]

Hi everyone,

I'm trying to run a macro when a document is opened in Word and I've found that it's a little different than Excel.

In Excel you would put something like..

Private Sub Workbook_Open()
    Sheets("MAIN").Select
End Sub

But in Word it doesn't use workbooks so I'm confused.

I'm trying to print the document automatically as soon as the document is opened.

The printer is called "Zetafax Printer" and I would like it to print 1 copy as soon as the document is opened.

Can anybody help me out?

 

[Von Pookie]

I have not really worked with Word macros much, but Word also has a macro recorder. I believe you should be able to get the code for printing by using it.

Making it run automatically, though...let's see. Looks like you just use

Private Sub Document_Open()

Just make sure you're putting it in the ThisDocument module for your project--NOT the project named Normal (that is the default blank worksheet that opens when you start Word).

 

[Ste_Moore01]

Thank you very much!

That works perfectly.