Re: Print Files with PowerPoint

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If you don't both have the same printer be sure you do the following:
Install their printer drivers on your computer and select that printer
before printing to file. (Click on "Start | Settings | Printers" and
double-click on "Add New Printer") It doesn't hurt to install as many
printers on your computer as you wish, even if you don't have the printer
connected - Just don't try to print unless it is to a file.

Navigate to the folder in which the PRN file has been saved.
1. Click on "Start | Run" - This opens the "Run" dialog box.
2. Type the following, and press the "OK" button: command.
This opens a "DOS" window.
In the DOS window type the following:
copy (Name of file.prn) /b lpt1
"copy" is a DOS command that sends a copy of a file from one place to
another.
"Name of File" is the name you gave your file. (be sure to include ".prn")
There should be a "space" between the filename and the "/b", and between the
"/b" and "LPT1"
The "/b" tells the computer this is a "binary" file.
"LPT1" is the printer port. You are sending a copy of this file from your
computer to the printer.
If your printer is turned on it should print the document as soon as you
press the [Enter] key.

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"tosime" <tosime@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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| Has anyone ever effectively used print to file with PowerPoint?
|
| I tried printing to file hoping to email my print file for a course I am
to
| deliver. The print file is much smaller than my ppt file and I maintain
some
| control over my slides. I wanted to test the printfile on my PC first but
| found no easy way to print it in Windows.
|
| How would I print a PowerPoint printfile?
|
| ...Thanks Tony
|
|


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