You cannot use page setup properties in Excel if no printers were installed

For a Microsoft Excel 2000 version of this article, see 213516 .

For a Microsoft Excel 98 version of this article, see 182243 .

For a Microsoft Excel 97 and earlier versions of Excel version of this article, see 172320 .

Symptoms

When you run a Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications macro that attempts to set or get the page setup properties for any sheet in a workbook in Microsoft Excel, you may receive either of the following error messages:

Note In these messages, x is any of the following words:

   BlackAndWhite Order
   BottomMargin Orientation
   CenterFooter PaperSize
   CenterHeader PrintArea
   CenterHorizontally PrintComments
   CenterVertically PrintGridlines
   ChartSize PrintHeadings
   Draft PrintNotes
   FirstPageNumber PrintQuality
   FitToPagesTall PrintTitleColumns
   FitToPagesWide PrintTitleRows
   FooterMargin RightFooter
   HeaderMargin RightHeader
   LeftFooter RightMargin
   LeftHeader TopMargin
   LeftMargin Zoom

Cause

This problem occurs when there are no printer drivers installed on your computer. Excel cannot set or get page setup properties if no printer drivers are installed.

Resolution

To prevent this problem from occurring, install a printer driver on your computer. Use the Printers option in Control Panel to add and remove printer drivers.

More Information

In Excel, page setup properties are only available when you print or preview one or more sheets in a workbook. Because of this, you cannot change or return most page setup properties unless at least one printer driver is installed as the default printer.

If you click Page Setup on the File menu when no printer drivers are installed, you receive the following error message:

Just as you cannot access the Page Setup dialog box in this case, you cannot access the properties in the dialog box programmatically.

Note To open the Page Setup dialog box in Microsoft Office Excel 2007, press CTRL+F2, and then click Page Setup in the Print group.