#POWERPOINT PRINT SELECTION PDF#

You are provided with four options, and some of these may be grayed out, if not applicable.

Pure Black and White: Prints in just black and white and removes fills of all objects such as charts, shapes, SmartArt, etc., as shown within the preview you see in Figure 9, below.

Grayscale: Prints in grayscale, as shown in the preview shown in Figure 8, below.

Figure 7, below shows you how a preview of a slide printed in Color looks like.

Color: This is the default option, and will print your slides in color, provided you selected a printer that is capable of printing in color within the Printer drop-down list (see point B).

Clicking this option opens up the drop-down list that you see in Figure 6, below with three options:.

Choose between Portrait or Landscape orientations.

Additionally, you are also provided options to print various Handout layouts which include slide thumbnails. You can also opt to print just the text outline of your presentation. You can opt to print regular slides, or slides within Notes pages.

Click to reveal a drop-down list shown in Figure 5, below.

You can select whether you want to print all slides, a selection of slides, just the current slide, or a custom range of slides.

Do note that all further options will change depending upon the Options category you choose.

By default, PowerPoint print options are selected in this drop-down list, but you can choose from other categories too, as shown in the complete drop-down list in Figure 4, below.

From this drop-down list, you can choose from available paper sizes supported by your selected printer.

Specify the number of copies that you want to print.

You can also save current settings as a new Preset.

From this drop-down list, you can choose from Default Settings, Last Used Settings, or any existing Presets.

#POWERPOINT PRINT SELECTION PDF#

Do note that this can be a physical printer or even a virtual printer driver that creates PDF files.

Select the printer from the drop-down list that you want to send this print job to.

You can navigate to first, previous, next, and last slides using the arrow keys below the thumbnail.

Options within the Print pane are explained below, as marked in Figure 3, above:.

Doing so shows a more-detailed Print pane, as shown in Figure 3, below. Click the Show Details button, highlighted in red within Figure 2, above.Explore our PowerPoint Keyboard Shortcuts and Sequences Ebook that is updated for all PowerPoint versions. Click OK after you have made all your selections.Decide whether you want the slides to print in grayscale or black and white.Click Collate if you want the slides collated.Choose the number of copies you wish to print.whatever specific slides you wish to print). Decide what slides you wish to print: All, Current Page or Selection (i.e.Select Outline View, if you want to print only the text of the slides with no images.Consider selecting Notes Pages and printing a thumbnail of each slide with accompanying notes for your own use during your presentation.The wrong type may melt and damage your printer! If you want to print transparencies of your slides for use in an overhead projector, make sure to use the right kind of transparency film. This isn't an efficient use of ink or paper. Remember, if you select Slides, you will print one slide per page.The right side will be blank, leaving space for students to write notes. Three slides per page is a good choice because the slides (in smaller versions) will appear on the left side of the page. Decide how many slides will appear on each sheet of paper, if you select Handouts.Select what type of printout you want under Print what.Select the printer you want to use, if you don't want to print to the default printer.Select Print from the dropdown File menu.

Powerpoint print selection