Print the screen from an Action Button.

[Mike M.]

I have a presentation that runs on a touch screen computer. I would like a
user to be able to print the current screen (or slide) by pressing an action
button (labeled Print). There is no keyboard, just a touch screen. Do I
have to do this with VBA or an executable program (run from the action
settings)? Is there some method within PowerPoint so I don't have to make
an addin or executable?

TIA

 

[David M. Marcovitz]

I'm not sure about other options, but a VBA option would look something
like this:

Sub PrintCurrentSlide()
Dim theSlide As Long

theSlide = ActivePresentation.SlideShowWindow.View.Slide.SlideIndex
ActivePresentation.PrintOptions.OutputType = ppPrintOutputSlides
ActivePresentation.PrintOut From:=theSlide, To:=theSlide
End Sub

--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.loyola.edu/education/PowerfulPowerPoint/

 

[Mike M.]

That works great David.

Thanks.

I'm not sure about other options, but a VBA option would look something
like this:

Sub PrintCurrentSlide()
Dim theSlide As Long

theSlide = ActivePresentation.SlideShowWindow.View.Slide.SlideIndex
ActivePresentation.PrintOptions.OutputType = ppPrintOutputSlides
ActivePresentation.PrintOut From:=theSlide, To:=theSlide
End Sub

--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.loyola.edu/education/PowerfulPowerPoint/