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print a booklet using a powerpoint presentation

Anonymous
2010-10-27T23:44:25+00:00

I need to print a booklet using a powerpoint presentation that has already been created.  how do i do it?

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Anonymous
2010-10-28T00:27:26+00:00

Hi

Booklet printing is something you set up through your printer rather than PowerPoint itself - click on "printer properties" in the print dialogue box and have a poke about. Exactly how you do it will depend on your printer and its driver. Check the manufacturer website for instructions if you are not sure, and experiment with a 4 slide file before printing off the real thing :-)

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  1. Anonymous
    2016-05-09T16:35:22+00:00

    The easiest way I have found to do this is to save your Powerpoint as a PDF. Go to File - Save As - change drop down box to PDF. Then when you open it in PDF, you'll see an option to print as a Booklet.

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  2. Anonymous
    2011-08-12T18:27:54+00:00

    As Lucy says but I would strongle suggest that you do not use PowerPoint to do this. Maybe you could copy paste the content into Publisher or Word.

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    I used to do this all the time in PowerPoint 2007.  I printed a booklet instead of a very long stapled together document.  It was great.  I'm still trying to figure out how to do it in the 2010 version.  I'm not happy with many of the changes in the 2010 version of PPT, Word and Excel.  What were they thinking?

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  3. Steve Rindsberg 99,161 Reputation points MVP Volunteer Moderator
    2010-11-03T16:52:32+00:00

    If the printer driver itself won't do the job, sometimes Adobe Reader can help; save as PDF from PPT, open in Reader and see if one of the printing options there eases the pain.

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  4. Anonymous
    2012-06-21T22:01:49+00:00

    Here's what worked for me when developing a one page, front and back handout for our church:

    1st page - design the left and right half of the page like you want the cover (right side) to look like, and the back (left side) to look like, after folding.

    2nd page - (a) whatever you want to be on the left hand side of the inside, put on the right half of the page, and what you want on the right side of the inside, put on the left half side of the page. (b)you will then need to take whatever you used to make the inside and TURN IT UPSIDE DOWN.  This works when you use a text box on each side independently (just "group" any pictures or objects with the text box before you turn it upside down).  Then you can grab the whole group on either side and just turn it 180 degrees.  Then, when you print it out, the booklet will be just right for folding.

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