How to: Hide controls on worksheets when printing

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Applies to: yesVisual Studio noVisual Studio for Mac

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When you print a Microsoft Office Excel document that contains Windows Forms controls, the controls are visible on the printed worksheet. You can hide the controls when printing a worksheet.

Applies to: The information in this topic applies to document-level projects for Excel. For more information, see Features available by Office application and project type.

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If you hide controls that display data, such as a TextBox, the data in the control will not be visible on the printed worksheet.

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To hide controls when a worksheet is printed

  1. Create or open an Excel project in Visual Studio and verify that Sheet1 is visible in the designer. For information about creating projects, see How to: Create Office projects in Visual Studio.

  2. From the Common Controls tab of the Toolbox, drag a Button control to a cell on Sheet1.

  3. In the Properties window, set the PrintObject property to False.

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