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Print slides

If you are creating transparencies for an overhead projector, use this procedure to print out your presentation on transparent sheets. Microsoft PowerPoint automatically optimizes your slides to print to the printer you have selected— either black and white or color.

1. Set up the slide size for printing.

   How?

   1. On the File menu, click Page Setup.
   2. In the Slides sized for box, click the option you want.

      If you click Custom, enter the measurements you want in the Width and Height boxes.

   Note  All slides in a presentation must be in one orientation, but you can choose a different orientation for notes pages, handouts, and the outline.

   Tip

   When changing to a different page orientation, you might want to change the shape or placement of text placeholders or other items on the slide master so they're better suited for the new orientation.

2. To see what your slides will look like when they print, on the File menu, click Print Preview, and make any changes you want.
3. On the Print Preview toolbar, in the Print What box, click Slides.
4. On the Print Preview toolbar, click Print .

Note  If you want to print out slides in color, on the View menu, point to Color/Grayscale, and then click Color. You must have a color printer selected as your default printer to preview the slides in color in Print Preview.