I have a Word document with a button (cmdReset) that I want to appear on the screen but not to print.  Anyone know how to do it?

Judging from the date of you post, this probably is too late to be useful to you -- but maybe someone else will find it helpful...

I just did this with some forms by setting the selected text (including cmdButtons) as "hidden" text (select the text, then on Word main menu, Format | Font, then check "Hidden" on the Font tab of the Font dialog box).

Once you have the desired text (and buttons) marked as hidden in the document, add the following code. (Theoretically, only the .View.ShowHiddenText value below should be necessary. However, it seems that periodically opening the form causes the status bar and the scroll bars to disappear. This should not have been happening -- and it was inconsistent and unpredictable -- but since it did seem to be
tied to opening the form, decided to put the following in to override whatever was happening.)


Private Sub Document_Open()
'Display hidden text on screen, but don't print it
    Application.DisplayStatusBar = True 'optional see above
    Application.ShowWindowsInTaskbar = True 'opt see above
    Application.ShowStartupDialog = True 'opt see above
    With ActiveWindow
        .DisplayHorizontalScrollBar = True 'opt see above
        .DisplayVerticalScrollBar = True 'opt see above
        .DisplayScreenTips = True 'opt see above
        .View.ShowHiddenText = True 'required
    End With
    Options.PrintHiddenText = False 'required
End Sub