PageSetup macro calls are slow

The code below takes nearly 11 seconds to run; this is on a WinXP with
a P4 at 1.2 GHz, 512MB RAM, oceans of free disk space, and Excel 2002.
Experiments with various lines commented out show that each line
requires an astonishing 1.2 seconds to run, except the last three
(.Zoom and the two .FitToPages lines), which execute all but
instantaneously.

Other open programs, available RAM, all the usual suspects for slow
code don't seem to matter here; I get very constant results from
checking the timer before and after this code runs -- even in an empty
workbook with nothing else open.

Any tips on speeding this up?

Thanks!
Stan

With ActiveSheet.PageSetup
'margins are measured in points, 72 points to the inch
.LeftMargin = 36
.RightMargin = 36
.TopMargin = 36
.BottomMargin = 36
.HeaderMargin = 0
.FooterMargin = 0
.CenterHorizontally = False
.CenterVertically = False
.Orientation = xlLandscape
.Zoom = False
.FitToPagesWide = 1
.FitToPagesTall = False
End With

Here's a thread that addresses the same problem:

http://groups.google.com/groups?thre...GP12.phx. gbl

Two tips are included--only adjust the parms you need to adjust.

Use the John Green version (XLM works faster than VBA in this situation).

(posted by Tom Ogilvy and Ron de Bruin)

Stan wrote:

The code below takes nearly 11 seconds to run; this is on a WinXP with
a P4 at 1.2 GHz, 512MB RAM, oceans of free disk space, and Excel 2002.
Experiments with various lines commented out show that each line
requires an astonishing 1.2 seconds to run, except the last three
(.Zoom and the two .FitToPages lines), which execute all but
instantaneously.

Other open programs, available RAM, all the usual suspects for slow
code don't seem to matter here; I get very constant results from
checking the timer before and after this code runs -- even in an empty
workbook with nothing else open.

Any tips on speeding this up?

Thanks!
Stan

With ActiveSheet.PageSetup
'margins are measured in points, 72 points to the inch
.LeftMargin = 36
.RightMargin = 36
.TopMargin = 36
.BottomMargin = 36
.HeaderMargin = 0
.FooterMargin = 0
.CenterHorizontally = False
.CenterVertically = False
.Orientation = xlLandscape
.Zoom = False
.FitToPagesWide = 1
.FitToPagesTall = False
End With

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Dave Peterson