PPT 2K3: How to set default printing option?

[Guest]

I am looking to set PPT 2003 to automatically by default when printing from
print preview to be set at "Color (On black and white printer)". This is an
option within print preview under the options button>Color/Grayscale.

I want every PPT doc to print with that same setting and am having
difficulty getting the setting to hold or find a place to set it as default.

I have looked at the tools>options>print tab and it only has a setting for
remembering default print settings for the active document and not any others.

Thanks in advance,

Newtek

 

[Steve Rindsberg]

I am looking to set PPT 2003 to automatically by default when printing from
print preview to be set at "Color (On black and white printer)". This is an
option within print preview under the options button>Color/Grayscale.

I want every PPT doc to print with that same setting and am having
difficulty getting the setting to hold or find a place to set it as default.

I have looked at the tools>options>print tab and it only has a setting for
remembering default print settings for the active document and not any others.

If you choose "Use the following print settings", pick the settings you want,
and save the presentation, it should remember those settings every time the
presentation is opened.

 

[Pete]

Steve,

Hate to sound like a dolt but where is
"Use the following print settings"?
I couldn't find that option in the likely spots and F1 didn't give me
any clues either

thx
Pete

 

[Guest]

Steve,

Thanks for the response, but as I noted prior, I am looking to set defaults
for all documents and the option "Use the following Print Settings" is only
for the document that you are currently working on. I want to set the print
setting default for all PPT docs so that I do not have to change this each
and every time.

Also on that note, there is not an option for "color (on black and white
printer)" under the print tab in options. The only way to choose this option
"color (on black and white printer)" is to go to print preview and
specifically choose it which I am trying to not do. I want this to be
automatic and default every time and on ALL docs.

PETE: CLICK ON TOOLS>OPTIONS>CLICK ON THE PRINT TAB, and you will see the
settings.

NEWTEK

 

[Steve Rindsberg]

Steve,

Hate to sound like a dolt but where is
"Use the following print settings"?
I couldn't find that option in the likely spots and F1 didn't give me
any clues either

No problem. It's in Tools, Options; on the Print tab.

 

[Steve Rindsberg]

Thanks for the response, but as I noted prior, I am looking to set defaults
for all documents and the option "Use the following Print Settings" is only
for the document that you are currently working on. I want to set the print
setting default for all PPT docs so that I do not have to change this each
and every time.

Unfortunately, you can't. At least not w/o opening, changing the settings and
saving each presentation. I don't recall whether this setting is carried in
template files; if it is, you could set it there and all presentations based on that
master would follow suit. You might want to test that.

Also on that note, there is not an option for "color (on black and white
printer)" under the print tab in options. The only way to choose this option
"color (on black and white printer)" is to go to print preview and
specifically choose it which I am trying to not do. I want this to be
automatic and default every time and on ALL docs.

Have you ever used VBA? It's a slippery slope once you start, not entirely unlike
crack. It can lead to a life of despair. But you could also write a little addin
to do the printout automatically with your preferred settings.

 

[Guest]

I will give the template thing a shot. As for VB, I am in infant stage, but
it is an awesome tool and I am learning slowly and may go that route as well.
Thanks for all the advise and take care.

Newtek