Written by Allen Wyatt (last updated July 7, 2020)
This tip applies to Excel 97, 2000, 2002, and 2003
If you have the need to define different areas of a worksheet to print, you know that you can do so by simply defining different print areas in your worksheet. If you need to change print areas quite often, you may be interested in adding a tool to your toolbar that can do this for you. (Using such a tool is much quicker than continually using the menu commands to set a print area.) Follow these steps:
Figure 1. The Commands tab of the Customize dialog box.
Now, when you need to set a print area, you simply choose the area on the screen and click on the Set Print Area button.
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