printing powerpoint

[Guest]

I have 8 different powerpoint presentations that I'm making a manual out of.
I want to be able to print this like a book. I have clickbook to print with
but my question is how do I link all this presentations together so there
aren't any blank pages when it goes to the next presentation. Thanks in
advance.

 

[David M. Marcovitz]

Do you have the ability to turn these into PDFs. I know that Adobe Acrobat
can put together several PDF files into one. You can try making one big
PowerPoint file by inserting slides from one into another (be sure to check
keep source formatting), but that seems more likely to mess something up to
me.
--David

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David M. Marcovitz
Microsoft PowerPoint MVP
Director of Graduate Programs in Educational Technology
Loyola College in Maryland
Author of _Powerful PowerPoint for Educators_
http://www.PowerfulPowerPoint.com/

 

[Guest]

I don't know if I can turn them into PDFs. How would I find out.

 

[David M. Marcovitz]

You need a program that does that, such as Adobe Acrobat (not just the
free reader). Search the Web because I think there are some free options.
--David

--
David M. Marcovitz
Microsoft PowerPoint MVP
Director of Graduate Programs in Educational Technology
Loyola College in Maryland
Author of _Powerful PowerPoint for Educators_
http://www.PowerfulPowerPoint.com/

 

[Steve Rindsberg]

I don't know if I can turn them into PDFs. How would I find out.

From any program, choose File, Print.
You'll see a printer dialog that gives you a list of the printers installed on
your computer.
If Adobe PDF or Distiller or something else with PDF in the name is on the list,
you can probably make PDFs by picking that printer and printing.

In order to combine PDFs or to eliminate blank pages, you'd need Adobe Acrobat
or one of the various other PDF "editing" programs. Try doubleclicking a PDF.
If you have Acrobat, it'll launch itself when you do this. If you get Reader,
that won't do. It doesn't allow editing.

But before getting into all of this, another question. PowerPoint doesn't add
blank pages on its own. Sounds like perhaps ClickBook is doing that. Test to
see if you get them when you assemble presentations with just even or odd
numbers of slides and to see if there's a ClickBook option to add or not add
blank pages.

 

[Guest]

Thank you very much.

You need a program that does that, such as Adobe Acrobat (not just the
free reader). Search the Web because I think there are some free options.
--David

--
David M. Marcovitz
Microsoft PowerPoint MVP
Director of Graduate Programs in Educational Technology
Loyola College in Maryland
Author of _Powerful PowerPoint for Educators_
http://www.PowerfulPowerPoint.com/

 

[Guest]

I haven't started printing it yet but I have some shows that end in a odd
number so I figured there could be blank pages. Thank you very much for your
help. Have a good day.

 

[Steve Rindsberg]

I haven't started printing it yet but I have some shows that end in a odd
number so I figured there could be blank pages. Thank you very much for your
help.

You could always do the old computer manual trick: add another slide that says

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Or for more fun:

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