I've added a drop shadow to an arrow on a slide. The drop shadow shows on the
slide but when I try to print the slide the drop shadow disappears. How would
I get that drop shadow to print as well? I'm using PPT 2007 on Windows XP.

Thanks

I tried that before I posted. I thought for sure that was the problem but the
drop shadow still will not print. It shows up on the screen but just won't go
to hard copy.

Thanks for the reply though. Any other suggestions?



"Steve Rindsberg" wrote:

> In article <4B2BC052-36AA-4193-AFA5-(E-Mail Removed)>, DLaird wrote:
> > I've added a drop shadow to an arrow on a slide. The drop shadow shows on the
> > slide but when I try to print the slide the drop shadow disappears. How would
> > I get that drop shadow to print as well? I'm using PPT 2007 on Windows XP.
>
> Try this:
>
> Office button
> PowerPoint Options
> Advanced
> In the Print section, put a check next to "High quality"
>
> Now try printing again.
>
> Better?
>
> -----------------------------------------
> Steve Rindsberg, PPT MVP
> PPT FAQ: www.pptfaq.com
> PPTools: www.pptools.com
> ================================================
>
>
>

Thanks Steve,

The last option worked for what I need to do. However pasting as a PNG
truncated the shadow. GIF or JPEG worked great.

Thanks again!

"Steve Rindsberg" wrote:

> In article <CF70A5B1-A504-476B-AF0E-(E-Mail Removed)>, DLaird wrote:
> > I tried that before I posted. I thought for sure that was the problem but the
> > drop shadow still will not print. It shows up on the screen but just won't go
> > to hard copy.
> >
> > Thanks for the reply though. Any other suggestions?
>
> A couple ...
>
> Try changing the transparency setting of the shadow; make it non-transparent and see
> what happens then.
>
> Try printing in all three "color" modes ... grayscale, pure b/w, and color. Any
> difference?
>
> And if you're in a bind to get something done, this may produce printable results
> (do this only on a COPY of the slides in question or the presentation)
> Select the shape with shadow
> Ctrl+C to copy to clipboard then delete it
> Paste Special, as PNG to paste it back down
>
>
>
> >
> > "Steve Rindsberg" wrote:
> >
> > > In article <4B2BC052-36AA-4193-AFA5-(E-Mail Removed)>, DLaird wrote:
> > > > I've added a drop shadow to an arrow on a slide. The drop shadow shows on the
> > > > slide but when I try to print the slide the drop shadow disappears. How would
> > > > I get that drop shadow to print as well? I'm using PPT 2007 on Windows XP.
> > >
> > > Try this:
> > >
> > > Office button
> > > PowerPoint Options
> > > Advanced
> > > In the Print section, put a check next to "High quality"
> > >
> > > Now try printing again.
> > >
> > > Better?
> > >
> > > -----------------------------------------
> > > Steve Rindsberg, PPT MVP
> > > PPT FAQ: www.pptfaq.com
> > > PPTools: www.pptools.com
> > > ================================================
> > >
> > >
> > >
> >
>
> -----------------------------------------
> Steve Rindsberg, PPT MVP
> PPT FAQ: www.pptfaq.com
> PPTools: www.pptools.com
> ================================================
>
>
>

I had same problem as DLaird with drop shadow around text. Copying the
shadowed text and using it to create a .jpg worked like a champe.

Thanks for the tip.

Ed Joella

"Steve Rindsberg" wrote:

> In article <CF70A5B1-A504-476B-AF0E-(E-Mail Removed)>, DLaird wrote:
> > I tried that before I posted. I thought for sure that was the problem but the
> > drop shadow still will not print. It shows up on the screen but just won't go
> > to hard copy.
> >
> > Thanks for the reply though. Any other suggestions?
>
> A couple ...
>
> Try changing the transparency setting of the shadow; make it non-transparent and see
> what happens then.
>
> Try printing in all three "color" modes ... grayscale, pure b/w, and color. Any
> difference?
>
> And if you're in a bind to get something done, this may produce printable results
> (do this only on a COPY of the slides in question or the presentation)
> Select the shape with shadow
> Ctrl+C to copy to clipboard then delete it
> Paste Special, as PNG to paste it back down
>
>
>
> >
> > "Steve Rindsberg" wrote:
> >
> > > In article <4B2BC052-36AA-4193-AFA5-(E-Mail Removed)>, DLaird wrote:
> > > > I've added a drop shadow to an arrow on a slide. The drop shadow shows on the
> > > > slide but when I try to print the slide the drop shadow disappears. How would
> > > > I get that drop shadow to print as well? I'm using PPT 2007 on Windows XP.
> > >
> > > Try this:
> > >
> > > Office button
> > > PowerPoint Options
> > > Advanced
> > > In the Print section, put a check next to "High quality"
> > >
> > > Now try printing again.
> > >
> > > Better?
> > >
> > > -----------------------------------------
> > > Steve Rindsberg, PPT MVP
> > > PPT FAQ: www.pptfaq.com
> > > PPTools: www.pptools.com
> > > ================================================
> > >
> > >
> > >
> >
>
> -----------------------------------------
> Steve Rindsberg, PPT MVP
> PPT FAQ: www.pptfaq.com
> PPTools: www.pptools.com
> ================================================
>
>
>