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VBA: How to programmatically set the print area for multiple sheets and avoid excessive dialog boxes?

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VBA Excel PrintArea

I'm following best practices but I'm sure I'm missing something obvious here, but I'm having a hard time understanding I tried several approaches but none seem to work... I'm working on an Excel VBA script that needs to set the print area for multiple worksheets in a workbook. However, I keep running into a question where Excel prompts me with multiple dialog boxes asking to confirm the print area. I want to streamline this process so that I can set the print areas for all sheets without interruptions. Here's a simplified version of what I've tried so far: ```vba Sub SetPrintAreaForSheets() Dim ws As Worksheet Dim printArea As String printArea = "A1:D20" ' Sample print area, this will be the same for all sheets For Each ws In ThisWorkbook.Worksheets ws.PageSetup.PrintArea = printArea Next ws End Sub ``` When I run this code, it successfully sets the print area, but I get a popup for each worksheet confirming the changes. I've also tried turning off screen updating and displaying alerts using: ```vba Application.ScreenUpdating = False Application.DisplayAlerts = False ``` But it seems that these settings don't affect the dialog boxes that pop up when changing the print area. Is there a way to avoid these confirmations completely? I'm using Excel 2019 and VBA. Any advice would be greatly appreciated! What am I doing wrong? What would be the recommended way to handle this? Any pointers in the right direction?