Make the Print Button on the Standard Toolbar Display the Print Dialog Box
The Problem:
The Print button on the Standard toolbar prints the whole document on the default printer without displaying the Print dialog box. The other Print commands (File 
Print, Ctrl+P) display the Print dialog box. Aargh!
The Solution:
"This behavior is by design," as Microsoft has been known to say all too often, but that doesn't mean you have to like it. Presumably somewhere there are Word users who always want to print a full copy of the document on the default printer without seeing the Print dialog box. For everyone else, the Print button is a prime target for customization:
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Choose Tools
Customize, click the Commands tab, and make sure Normal.dot is selected in the "Save in" drop-down list. -
Drag the Print button off the Standard toolbar into the document area. Drop it, and it will vanish.
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With File selected in the Categories list, scroll down to the Print... item (not the Print item without the ellipsisthat's the one you just disposed of), and drag it to the Standard toolbar. Click the Close button to close the Customize dialog box.
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Shift-click the File menu and choose Save All. If Word prompts you to save Normal.dot, click the Yes button.
Now when you click the Print button on the Standard toolbar, the Print dialog box will appear.