If you want the elements to be completely gone from the printout -- that is, the space they would occupy is collapsed -- then mark them as Hidden text. (You can mark a picture as Hidden "text" and it
will behave the same way.) You can display them while editing either by clicking the ¶ button on the toolbar, or by going into the Options dialog and checking the option to show Hidden text. When you
print, turn off the display of Hidden text.
If you want to maintain the spacing and just have nothing print in some spaces, you need to change those elements to a foreground color of White. For pictures, that means using the picture controls to
make the brightness as high as possible and the contrast as low as possible.
It would be possible to write macros named FilePrint and FilePrintDefault to automate the steps of hiding the Hidden text, printing, and restoring Hidden text. You could write similar macros for
changing things to white, but you'd have to have some way (such as bookmarks with known names) to identify exactly which places to affect.
Jay Freedman
MS Word MVP FAQ:
http://word.mvps.org
