Display Built-In Print and Find Dialog Boxes in VBA

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Display Built-In Print and Find Dialog Boxes in VBA

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I am looking for the webpage documentation for displaying built-in menu dialog boxes in Word VBA. For example, I want to display the “Print” dialog box and the “Find” dialog box in a Word VBA program. I found this documentation before, but I have been unable to find it again. Does anyone know the links to some of those webpages? FYI.

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Vergil-V 15,360 Microsoft External Staff Moderator

Hi DPA

Based on my research, the following document appears to be highly relevant to your request: https://mms.heiai.top/en-us/visualstudio/vsto/how-to-programmatically-use-built-in-dialog-boxes-in-word?view=visualstudio&tabs=csharp

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DPA 5 Reputation points

2026-06-17T16:03:05.64+00:00

Thanks for the reply. I will let you know. FYI.
Vergil-V 15,360 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff Moderator

2026-06-18T11:59:01.8866667+00:00

Hi DPA
Hope you're having a good day.

May I ask if there have been any updates since our last exchange?

I’d appreciate any updates you can provide.
DPA 5 Reputation points

2026-06-18T13:41:45.17+00:00

Yes. U2. An update.

I had to switch my plan from Word VBA to Outlook VBA. There is something that Outlook does that Word does not do. So, I am starting over again. FYI.
Vergil-V 15,360 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff Moderator

2026-06-18T14:34:32.22+00:00

Hi DPA
Thank you for sharing.

If you any further question, please feel free to reach out to the forum.

Answer 2

Senthil kumar 960

Hi @DPA

This is you want to expected webpage document. please check and confirm.

https://mms.heiai.top/en-us/office/vba/word/concepts/customizing-word/displaying-built-in-word-dialog-boxesThanks.

DPA 5 Reputation points

2026-06-17T16:04:39.18+00:00

Thanks for the reply. I will confirm ASAP. FYI.

Answer 3

The documentation for displaying built-in Word dialog boxes in VBA is in the Word VBA “customizing Word” section.

To display built-in dialog boxes such as Print and Find in Word VBA, use the Dialogs collection with the appropriate WdWordDialog constant and the Show method. For example:

Sub ShowPrintDialog()
    Dialogs(wdDialogFilePrint).Show
End Sub

Sub ShowFindDialog()
    Dialogs(wdDialogEditFind).Show
End Sub

The general pattern and examples are documented here:

Displaying built-in dialog boxes and using .Show, .Display, .Execute, and DefaultTab:

See “Showing a built-in dialog box” and related examples such as:

    Sub ShowOpenDialog()
        Dialogs(wdDialogFileOpen).Show
    End Sub
    
    Sub ShowPrintDialog()
        Dialogs(wdDialogFilePrint).Show
    End Sub
    
    Sub ShowBorderDialog()
        With Dialogs(wdDialogFormatBordersAndShading)
            .DefaultTab = wdDialogFormatBordersAndShadingTabPageBorder
            .Show
        End With
    End Sub

Argument lists for specific dialog constants (including Print and Find) are documented in the “Built-in Dialog Box Argument Lists (Word)” topic. For example:
- wdDialogFilePrint arguments such as Background, Range, From, To, NumCopies, Printer, etc.
- wdDialogEditFind arguments such as Find, Replace, Direction, MatchCase, WholeWord, PatternMatch, Wrap, and others.

These two topics together cover how to show the dialogs and how to work with their arguments.

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