Chapter 12: Printing Presentations | Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2003 Step by Step (Step By Step (Microsoft))

Overview

In this chapter you will learn to:

Add a header and footer.
Preview a presentation.
Send a presentation to the printer.

Although the current trend is toward delivering presentations as electronic slide shows, you might sometimes need to print your slides as transparencies for delivery using an overhead projector. Even if you plan to deliver an electronic slide show, you might need to print out an outline, audience handouts, or speaker notes. So knowing how to print presentations is a necessary presenter s skill.

Tip	Even if you plan to deliver a slide show electronically , it is wise to print a set of transparencies and audience handouts and to have them with you in case something should go wrong with your equipment.

With Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2003, you have flexibility when you are preparing to print slides, outlines, handouts, and speaker notes. Before you print your presentation, you can add a header and footer to display the date and time, page number, or other important information. You can easily customize your printouts by selecting the paper size , page orientation, print range, and printer type that meet your needs. When you are ready to print, you can preview your presentation on the screen to make sure it appears the way you want. If you are working on a color presentation, you can preview your presentation in black and white to see how color slides will look after they are printed on a grayscale printer.

In this chapter, you ll open an existing presentation, add a header and footer, and preview the slides. Then you will choose the right printer settings, and print slides, audience handouts, and accompanying speaker notes.