One Slide Won't Print

[Linda Adams]

My boss sent me a 27 slide presentation because it would only print four
slides. It actually sent seven slides to the printer, but stopped on four.
I tried it on three different printers with the same result. I also tried
importing it into a new presentation, also with the same result. Slide 7
appeared to be corrupted.

I did find a workaround--print 1-6 and 8-27 and then do a screen shot of the
problem slide and print that. But has anyone seen this problem before and is
there a way to fix the slide so that it prints from the presentation?

We have PPT 2003 with all the latest patches, though I have no idea what
version this particular presentation was created in since it came from
another place.

Thanks!

 

[Michael Koerner]

Linda;

If you would like to send me the slide if it is not sensitive I would be
more than happy to have a look at it. You can send it to emko at hotmail dot
com Use Slide won't print as subject matter so that I will recognize it if
you decide to send it.

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| My boss sent me a 27 slide presentation because it would only print four
| slides. It actually sent seven slides to the printer, but stopped on
four.
| I tried it on three different printers with the same result. I also tried
| importing it into a new presentation, also with the same result. Slide 7
| appeared to be corrupted.
|
| I did find a workaround--print 1-6 and 8-27 and then do a screen shot of
the
| problem slide and print that. But has anyone seen this problem before and
is
| there a way to fix the slide so that it prints from the presentation?
|
| We have PPT 2003 with all the latest patches, though I have no idea what
| version this particular presentation was created in since it came from
| another place.
|
| Thanks!
|
|
| --
| Linda Adams
| http://www.hackman-adams.com
| http://www.david-hedison.com

 

[Kathy Jacobs]

Linda,
If you create a duplicate copy of the slide, does the copy print? Or, if you
open a new presentation and insert the old slides into it, will the problem
slide print? A third idea is to save the presentation as HTML and see if you
get an error on that process. If you don't, open the HTML version in PPT and
re-save it under a new name.

I have seen slides not print if:
- They have graphics that won't print - If you think this is the case,
select the graphic, save it to your harddrive and re-insert it.
- The slide has too many gradients, etc. for the printer to handle - only
fix I know for this one is to simplify the slide
- If fast saves is turned on - fix for this is to turn them off (Tools-->
Options--> Save tab, uncheck first entry) and re-save the presentation under
a new name

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[Linda Adams]

HTML did print--thanks!

It looks like the slide was originally an image created somewhere, and
someone ungrouped it. Whatever happened, even copying it to another slide
didn't work--and in slide sorter view, PPT would stop loading the slides once
it hit slide seven. Everything after it was blank--though I could look at
every single slide without any problems.

People sure do strange things to slides!

--
Linda Adams
http://www.hackman-adams.com
http://www.david-hedison.com

Linda,
If you create a duplicate copy of the slide, does the copy print? Or, if you
open a new presentation and insert the old slides into it, will the problem
slide print? A third idea is to save the presentation as HTML and see if you
get an error on that process. If you don't, open the HTML version in PPT and
re-save it under a new name.

I have seen slides not print if:
- They have graphics that won't print - If you think this is the case,
select the graphic, save it to your harddrive and re-insert it.
- The slide has too many gradients, etc. for the printer to handle - only
fix I know for this one is to simplify the slide
- If fast saves is turned on - fix for this is to turn them off (Tools-->
Options--> Save tab, uncheck first entry) and re-save the presentation under
a new name

--
Kathryn Jacobs, Microsoft MVP PowerPoint and OneNote
Author of Kathy Jacobs on PowerPoint - Available now from Holy Macro! Books
Get PowerPoint and OneNote information at www.onppt.com

I believe life is meant to be lived. But:
if we live without making a difference, it makes no difference that we lived

 

[Linda Adams]

Michael:

Thanks for the offer, but I'm afraid it does fall into the sensitive area.