Turn on or off background printing - Help and How-to

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Turn on or off background printing

Applies to: Microsoft Office Word 2003

On the Tools menu, click Options, and then click the Print tab.
Under Printing options, select or clear the Background printing check box.

Note When background printing is on, you can continue to work in Microsoft Word while you print. Background printing uses additional system memory. To speed up printing, clear the Background printing check box.

See Also

Audio course: Decorate documents with backgrounds, borders, and text effects
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Free trial of the 2007 Microsoft Office system
Print a document
Troubleshoot printing

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