XL2000: How to Hide Button Controls with Visual Basic for Applications

This article describes how to prevent buttons, such as command and option button controls, from being printed in the following situations.

• If the buttons are the only objects on the worksheet.
• If the worksheet that you want to print contains other graphic objects in addition to the buttons.

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If the Worksheet Does Not Contain Other Graphic Objects

1. On the Edit menu, click Go To.
2. In the Go To dialog box, click Special.
3. In the Go To Special dialog box, click the Objects option button, and then click OK.
   
   All objects on the worksheet are selected.
4. On the Format menu, click Control. In the Format Control dialog box, click the Properties tab.
5. On the Properties tab, click to clear the Print object check box, and then click OK.

If the Worksheet Contains Other Graphic Objects in Addition to Buttons

1. On the Tools menu, point to Macro, and then click Visual Basic Editor.
2. On the Insert menu, click Module. In the new module, type the following Visual Basic code:

   Sub Print_No_Buttons()
       ActiveSheet.Buttons.Select
   End Sub
   					

3. Press ALT+F11 to return to the worksheet that contains the buttons. On the the Tools menu, point to Macro, and then click Macros.
4. In the Macro dialog box, click Print_No_Buttons, and then click Run.
   
   All of the buttons on the active worksheet are now selected.
5. On the Format menu, click Control. In the Format Control dialog box, click the Properties tab.
6. Click to clear the Print object check box, and then click OK.
   
   When you print this worksheet, the buttons are not printed.

NOTE: When you click Objects in the Go To Special dialog box, all objects are selected. If you click to clear the Print object check box while the objects are selected, none of the graphic objects are printed.