Powerpoint printing tip

Posted on May 15, 2006 by Dave J.

Don’t like the four choices PowerPoint gives you for printouts (slides, handouts, notes, outline)?

I wanted a handout format, but with my notes typed in (not blank lines like the standard format). Here’s how to do it:

Take a look under the “send to” menu and send to Word. Of course, how obvious! Then you get this handy menu:


Saved by Google again. Found this tip here: Microsoft Office Assistance: Print multiple slides on one handout page.

UPDATE: A 60-slide, graphic intensive PPT presentation brought my computer to its knees trying to do this. Maybe it wasn’t such a neat trick after all. ;-(

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  • Web Chef

    Thanks for the reminder on this “workaround” technique for creating another option for effective PPT handouts. I’ll be posting a link to your tip on my blog PPT http://www.connectingdots.typepad.com/ppt in the near future.

  • Web Chef

    Thanks for the reminder on this “workaround” technique for creating another option for effective PPT handouts. I’ll be posting a link to your tip on my blog PPT http://www.connectingdots.typepad.com/ppt in the near future.

  • Dave J.

    Figures a ‘chef’ would like to swap recipes. I’ll take a look in your recipe file for something new to try.

  • Dave J.

    Figures a ‘chef’ would like to swap recipes. I’ll take a look in your recipe file for something new to try.