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PrintOptions.PrintInBackground Property

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PowerPoint Developer Reference

Determines whether the specified presentation is printed in the background. Read/write.

Syntax

expression.PrintInBackground

expression   A variable that represents a PrintOptions object.

Return Value
MsoTriState

Remarks

The value of the PrintInBackground property can be one of these MsoTriState constants.

Constant Description
msoFalse The specified presentation is not printed in the background.
msoTrue The default. The specified presentation is printed in the background, which means that you can continue to work while it is being printed.

Example

This example prints the active presentation in the background.

Visual Basic for Applications 
  With ActivePresentation
    .PrintOptions.PrintInBackground = msoTrue
    .PrintOut
End With

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