85. Print a Presentation
81 Create a New Presentation 83 Open an Existing Presentation 94 Change a Presentation's Background Unlike the other OpenOffice.org programs, such as Writer, Calc, and Draw, Impress offers no print preview. You cannot see a print preview of a presentation due to the slide-by-slide nature of presentations.82 Set Impress Options , it's critical to delve into the things you may want to print through Impress. In other words, Impress was not designed to be printed but presented. Having said that, you'll still make use of the printer on occasion with Impress as you see here.
1. | Request the Print Dialog Box Select File, Print from the menu. |
2. | Request Print Options Click the Options button to display the Printer Options dialog box. |
3. | Specify Printer Options Until now, setting up print options is routine and the same as the other OpenOffice.org programs. You now are at the place, at the Printer Options dialog box, where you determine the Impress settings you need.103 Create Presentation Handouts explains how to produce effective audience handouts. 103 Add Notes to a Presentation ). The notes will print beneath the slides you've attached them to. You might choose to print your presentation's outline. To do that, click to select the Outline option. TIPBy selecting multiple Contents options, Impress prints everythin`g sequentially. For example, you might want to print notes, handouts, and the outline at once.If you're printing a large presentation, you might want to save some color ink by printing a grayscale or black-and-white version of your presentation for your audience. Use the Grayscale and Black & white options in the Print dialog box to print using only black ink.The Print section determines whether the date and time appear as well as whether you want to print slides you've set up as hidden. Click OK to close the Print Options dialog box. TIPYou can also use hidden pages for different audiences, unhiding certain pages for audiences those pages were designed for and hiding them for other audiences. |
4. | Start Printing Click the Print dialog box's OK button when you're ready to begin printing. |