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The background is not printed when you use a black-and-white printer to print a PowerPoint presentation that contains a colored background
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SYMPTOMS
When you use a black-and-white printer to print a Microsoft
PowerPoint presentation that contains a colored background, the background is
not printed.
CAUSE
This behavior occurs because PowerPoint optimizes the way
that slides that contain colored backgrounds are printed to black-and-white
printers.
By default, a colored background in a PowerPoint
presentation is not printed to a black-and-white printer. This is because the
colored background may obstruct the information that is on the slides when the
presentation is printed to a black-and-white printer.
WORKAROUND
To work around this behavior, use one of the following
methods.
Method 1
- Open the PowerPoint presentation that contains the colored
background.
-
In Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2003 and in earlier versions of PowerPoint, click Print on
the File menu.
In
Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2007, click the Microsoft Office Button, point to
Print, and then click Print. - In the Color/grayscale list, click
Color.
Method 2
- Open the PowerPoint presentation that contains the colored
background.
- In
PowerPoint 2003 and in earlier versions of PowerPoint, point to Master on
the View menu, and then
click Slide Master.
In
PowerPoint 2007, click the View tab, and then click
Slide Master in the Presentation Views group. - In
PowerPoint 2003 and in earlier versions of PowerPoint, point to Color/Grayscale on
the View menu, and
then click Grayscale.
In
PowerPoint 2007, click
Grayscale in the Color/Grayscale group on the View tab. - Right-click the background, click Grayscale
Setting, and then click Automatic.
Method 3
You can use this method to change the look of any object in the
presentation.
- In
PowerPoint 2003 and in earlier versions of PowerPoint, point to Color/Grayscale on the
View menu, and then
click Grayscale or Pure Black and White.
In
PowerPoint 2007, click the View tab, and then click
Grayscale or Pure Black and White in the
Color/Grayscale group. - Use one of the following methods:
- To adjust the look of any object, right-click the
object, point to Grayscale Setting or Black and White
Setting, and then click the setting that you want.
- To select multiple objects, hold down SHIFT and
right-click each object, point to Grayscale Setting or
Black and White Setting, and then click the setting that you
want.
Note You can apply different grayscale or black-and-white settings to
different objects on the same slide.
STATUS
This
behavior is by design.
APPLIES TO
- Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2007
- Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2003
- Microsoft PowerPoint 2002 Standard Edition
- Microsoft PowerPoint 2000 Standard Edition
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