Background in PPT 2003

[Guest]

I'm working with Office 2003 Professional at home and work.
Background still prints on slides, handouts, and notes even when I uncheck
the *background printing* checkbox under tools > options > printing. I do not
want the background to print, but it still does on PPT at work and home.
Thanks for any help.

 

[Echo S]

That help file entry is useless.

To eliminate the slide background, you need to go to View/Grayscale and then
to View/Master. Right-click the image(s) on your background and choose B/W
Settings. Choose "don't show."

This will drop the background out when printing in grayscale, but it won't
affect the color settings. If you print pure black and white from
File/Print, PPT *should* drop out the background automatically, though.

 

[Guest]

Thank you for responding, but the background still printed. I went to View >
Color/GrayScale > GrayScale. Next I went to View > Master > Slide Master;
While in Slide Master, right-clicked on GrayScale Setting and chose Don't
Show. Background still printed on all slides including the Master Slide.
Perhaps I misunderstood the directions.
Barbara

That help file entry is useless.

To eliminate the slide background, you need to go to View/Grayscale and then
to View/Master. Right-click the image(s) on your background and choose B/W
Settings. Choose "don't show."

This will drop the background out when printing in grayscale, but it won't
affect the color settings. If you print pure black and white from
File/Print, PPT *should* drop out the background automatically, though.

--
Echo [MS PPT MVP]
http://www.echosvoice.com

I'm working with Office 2003 Professional at home and work.
Background still prints on slides, handouts, and notes even when I uncheck
the *background printing* checkbox under tools > options > printing. I do not
want the background to print, but it still does on PPT at work and home.
Thanks for any help.

 

[Sonia]

Are you printing in color?
--

Sonia Coleman
Microsoft PowerPoint MVP Team
Autorun Software, Templates and Tutorials

Thank you for responding, but the background still printed. I went to View >
Color/GrayScale > GrayScale. Next I went to View > Master > Slide Master;
While in Slide Master, right-clicked on GrayScale Setting and chose Don't
Show. Background still printed on all slides including the Master Slide.
Perhaps I misunderstood the directions.
Barbara

That help file entry is useless.

To eliminate the slide background, you need to go to View/Grayscale and then
to View/Master. Right-click the image(s) on your background and choose B/W
Settings. Choose "don't show."

This will drop the background out when printing in grayscale, but it won't
affect the color settings. If you print pure black and white from
File/Print, PPT *should* drop out the background automatically, though.

--
Echo [MS PPT MVP]
http://www.echosvoice.com

I'm working with Office 2003 Professional at home and work.
Background still prints on slides, handouts, and notes even when I uncheck
the *background printing* checkbox under tools > options > printing. I do not
want the background to print, but it still does on PPT at work and home.
Thanks for any help.

 

[Echo S]

How was the background of your slides created? I assumed it's on the master,
but is it a photo, or did you just draw things, or are you using a pre-made
template?

If you have an image on your background/master, did you use
Insert/Picture/From file, or did you use Format/Fill/Background/Picture?

Also, what did you choose under color/grayscale when you went to File/Print?

--
Echo [MS PPT MVP]
http://www.echosvoice.com

Thank you for responding, but the background still printed. I went to View

Color/GrayScale > GrayScale. Next I went to View > Master > Slide Master;
While in Slide Master, right-clicked on GrayScale Setting and chose Don't
Show. Background still printed on all slides including the Master Slide.
Perhaps I misunderstood the directions.
Barbara

That help file entry is useless.

To eliminate the slide background, you need to go to View/Grayscale and then
to View/Master. Right-click the image(s) on your background and choose B/W
Settings. Choose "don't show."

This will drop the background out when printing in grayscale, but it won't
affect the color settings. If you print pure black and white from
File/Print, PPT *should* drop out the background automatically, though.

--
Echo [MS PPT MVP]
http://www.echosvoice.com

I'm working with Office 2003 Professional at home and work.
Background still prints on slides, handouts, and notes even when I uncheck
the *background printing* checkbox under tools > options > printing. I

do
not

want the background to print, but it still does on PPT at work and home.
Thanks for any help.

 

[Guest]

For my Design Template, I chose Glass Layers. Yes, I am printing in color and
wanted to suppress printing the background.
Thank you,
Barbara

Are you printing in color?
--

Sonia Coleman
Microsoft PowerPoint MVP Team
Autorun Software, Templates and Tutorials

Thank you for responding, but the background still printed. I went to View >
Color/GrayScale > GrayScale. Next I went to View > Master > Slide Master;
While in Slide Master, right-clicked on GrayScale Setting and chose Don't
Show. Background still printed on all slides including the Master Slide.
Perhaps I misunderstood the directions.
Barbara

That help file entry is useless.

To eliminate the slide background, you need to go to View/Grayscale and then
to View/Master. Right-click the image(s) on your background and choose B/W
Settings. Choose "don't show."

This will drop the background out when printing in grayscale, but it won't
affect the color settings. If you print pure black and white from
File/Print, PPT *should* drop out the background automatically, though.

--
Echo [MS PPT MVP]
http://www.echosvoice.com


I'm working with Office 2003 Professional at home and work.
Background still prints on slides, handouts, and notes even when I uncheck
the *background printing* checkbox under tools > options > printing. I do
not
want the background to print, but it still does on PPT at work and home.
Thanks for any help.

 

[Guest]

I selected the Design Template Glass Layers and wanted to suppress printing
the background on the handouts.

Thank you,
Barbara

How was the background of your slides created? I assumed it's on the master,
but is it a photo, or did you just draw things, or are you using a pre-made
template?

If you have an image on your background/master, did you use
Insert/Picture/From file, or did you use Format/Fill/Background/Picture?

Also, what did you choose under color/grayscale when you went to File/Print?

--
Echo [MS PPT MVP]
http://www.echosvoice.com

Thank you for responding, but the background still printed. I went to View

Color/GrayScale > GrayScale. Next I went to View > Master > Slide Master;
While in Slide Master, right-clicked on GrayScale Setting and chose Don't
Show. Background still printed on all slides including the Master Slide.
Perhaps I misunderstood the directions.
Barbara

That help file entry is useless.

To eliminate the slide background, you need to go to View/Grayscale and then
to View/Master. Right-click the image(s) on your background and choose B/W
Settings. Choose "don't show."

This will drop the background out when printing in grayscale, but it won't
affect the color settings. If you print pure black and white from
File/Print, PPT *should* drop out the background automatically, though.

--
Echo [MS PPT MVP]
http://www.echosvoice.com


I'm working with Office 2003 Professional at home and work.
Background still prints on slides, handouts, and notes even when I uncheck
the *background printing* checkbox under tools > options > printing. I do
not
want the background to print, but it still does on PPT at work and home.
Thanks for any help.

 

[Echo S]

Ah, so that explains it.

Color printing doesn't allow you to suppress the background like B/W
printing does.

Think about the reason why, though -- if your background is dark and you
have white text on it, suppressing that background means that your text will
print white on white paper. So you'd get no text on your printout.

You'll need to go to your slide master and delete the background and also
use Format/Background and choose white before printing if you're printing in
color. Looking at that template, your text or anything else you used that
2nd (white) color swatch on probably won't show up. More info here:
http://www.echosvoice.com/colorschemes.htm

Perhaps better would be to create another set of masters with a white
background and apply that to the slides before printing. Then reapply the
color master after you print.

--
Echo [MS PPT MVP]
http://www.echosvoice.com

For my Design Template, I chose Glass Layers. Yes, I am printing in color and
wanted to suppress printing the background.
Thank you,
Barbara

Are you printing in color?
--

Sonia Coleman
Microsoft PowerPoint MVP Team
Autorun Software, Templates and Tutorials

Thank you for responding, but the background still printed. I went to View >
Color/GrayScale > GrayScale. Next I went to View > Master > Slide Master;
While in Slide Master, right-clicked on GrayScale Setting and chose Don't
Show. Background still printed on all slides including the Master Slide.
Perhaps I misunderstood the directions.
Barbara

:

That help file entry is useless.

To eliminate the slide background, you need to go to View/Grayscale and then
to View/Master. Right-click the image(s) on your background and choose B/W
Settings. Choose "don't show."

This will drop the background out when printing in grayscale, but it won't
affect the color settings. If you print pure black and white from
File/Print, PPT *should* drop out the background automatically, though.

--
Echo [MS PPT MVP]
http://www.echosvoice.com


I'm working with Office 2003 Professional at home and work.
Background still prints on slides, handouts, and notes even when I uncheck
the *background printing* checkbox under tools > options > printing. I do
not
want the background to print, but it still does on PPT at work and home.
Thanks for any help.

 

[Sonia]

You've selected a template that isn't going to print well if you delete the
background. The paper is white and the text is white with a shadow, so I'm
afraid you're only going to see the shadow. I think that I would temporarily
apply the "blank" template and print the slides.

For my Design Template, I chose Glass Layers. Yes, I am printing in color and
wanted to suppress printing the background.
Thank you,
Barbara

Are you printing in color?
--

Sonia Coleman
Microsoft PowerPoint MVP Team
Autorun Software, Templates and Tutorials

Thank you for responding, but the background still printed. I went to View

Color/GrayScale > GrayScale. Next I went to View > Master > Slide Master;
While in Slide Master, right-clicked on GrayScale Setting and chose Don't
Show. Background still printed on all slides including the Master Slide.
Perhaps I misunderstood the directions.
Barbara

:

That help file entry is useless.

To eliminate the slide background, you need to go to View/Grayscale and
then
to View/Master. Right-click the image(s) on your background and choose B/W
Settings. Choose "don't show."

This will drop the background out when printing in grayscale, but it won't
affect the color settings. If you print pure black and white from
File/Print, PPT *should* drop out the background automatically, though.

--
Echo [MS PPT MVP]
http://www.echosvoice.com


I'm working with Office 2003 Professional at home and work.
Background still prints on slides, handouts, and notes even when I
uncheck
the *background printing* checkbox under tools > options > printing. I
do
not
want the background to print, but it still does on PPT at work and home.
Thanks for any help.

 

[Guest]

Thank you to both Echo S and Sonia. I will need to think about & play with
this some because I would still like to keep the background for a
Presentation. Both of you gave a very good explanation which I did not think
about. I do not remember having this problem in PPT 2000. I'll have to go
back and test it.
Thanx again.
Barbara

Ah, so that explains it.

Color printing doesn't allow you to suppress the background like B/W
printing does.

Think about the reason why, though -- if your background is dark and you
have white text on it, suppressing that background means that your text will
print white on white paper. So you'd get no text on your printout.

You'll need to go to your slide master and delete the background and also
use Format/Background and choose white before printing if you're printing in
color. Looking at that template, your text or anything else you used that
2nd (white) color swatch on probably won't show up. More info here:
http://www.echosvoice.com/colorschemes.htm

Perhaps better would be to create another set of masters with a white
background and apply that to the slides before printing. Then reapply the
color master after you print.

--
Echo [MS PPT MVP]
http://www.echosvoice.com

For my Design Template, I chose Glass Layers. Yes, I am printing in color and
wanted to suppress printing the background.
Thank you,
Barbara

Are you printing in color?
--

Sonia Coleman
Microsoft PowerPoint MVP Team
Autorun Software, Templates and Tutorials

Thank you for responding, but the background still printed. I went to View >
Color/GrayScale > GrayScale. Next I went to View > Master > Slide Master;
While in Slide Master, right-clicked on GrayScale Setting and chose Don't
Show. Background still printed on all slides including the Master Slide.
Perhaps I misunderstood the directions.
Barbara

:

That help file entry is useless.

To eliminate the slide background, you need to go to View/Grayscale and then
to View/Master. Right-click the image(s) on your background and choose B/W
Settings. Choose "don't show."

This will drop the background out when printing in grayscale, but it won't
affect the color settings. If you print pure black and white from
File/Print, PPT *should* drop out the background automatically, though.

--
Echo [MS PPT MVP]
http://www.echosvoice.com


I'm working with Office 2003 Professional at home and work.
Background still prints on slides, handouts, and notes even when I uncheck
the *background printing* checkbox under tools > options > printing. I do
not
want the background to print, but it still does on PPT at work and home.
Thanks for any help.