Script Tools/Alternative

[Uffe]

Hi,

I would like to save the way ppt files are printed (ie handouts 2
slides per page) so I don't have to change it every time.

By hand I change this using the Tools menu, then Options, and the tab
Print. I select "Use the following settings" and from the drop down
"Handouts (2 slides per page)".

How do I do this programmatically from my vb script?

I tried to record a macro to get started, but nothing fom the
tools/options menu is recorded.

Regards

Ulf

 

[Guest]

Uffe

I have found that if I set up tools > options >print as you say and then
save the file as a powerpoint design template named "blank" this stays as the
default for new presentations. Others have told me it doesnt work for them
but it definitely does here( ppt 2003 sp2)
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[Uffe]

John Wilson skrev:

Uffe

I have found that if I set up tools > options >print as you say and then
save the file as a powerpoint design template named "blank" this stays as the
default for new presentations. Others have told me it doesnt work for them
but it definitely does here( ppt 2003 sp2)
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Did that answer the question / help?
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John Wilson
Microsoft Certified Office Specialist

No, sorry. As a work-around I modified my companies template with the
setting you suggest. When I start a presentation based on the new
template, the setting is correct as you suggest. I then took one of my
presentations and applied the modified company template to my
presentation, but it didn't work. The template is applied bug the tools

options > print setting is left unchanged.

More suggestions?

Regards

Ulf

 

[Steve Rindsberg]

Hi,

I would like to save the way ppt files are printed (ie handouts 2
slides per page) so I don't have to change it every time.

What about a macro to do the printing for you?
Set the macro recorder going, choose File, Print, pick the options you want and
let it print. You'll want to do this on a presentation with just a slide or
two, of course.
Stop the macro recorder.

Edit the macro to remove or comment out the line that specifies the printer.

There's also Shyam's Save The Trees addin ... have a look 'round
http://skp.mvps.org