How to Print a LARGE Power Point?

[lilh03]

I want to print multiple pages to ONE powerpoint slide. In other words, I only have 8 1/2 x 11 paper but want to print out a huge poster by specifying a large page size and printing out a whole bunch of small pages to make up one big poster. How do I set this up? I have specified the page size, but the printer always shrinks the page size down, and there are not many options in 'Page Setup'.

 

[Phil_Brown_[MSFT]]

One thing I could suggest is under Print What in the Print dialog, choose Handouts (9 per page).

Other than that, you could export each slide as a graphic (Save As - JPG) and then insert them as pictures into a new blank presentation, reducing their size until a collage of sorts fits.

If you want really large poster, PPT will handle printing to a Plotter.

-Phil

 

[CyberTaz]

What you are looking to do is called Tiling - where a portion of a larger
page size is printed on several sheets of smaller paper. The feature is
usually found in page layout/desktop publishing software but isn't supported
in PPt. You *may* be able to do something "similar" in Excel but there is
no provision for controlling overlap, so you'll most likely get a less than
desirable result.

Regards |:>)
Bob Jones
[MVP] Office:Mac

 

[Steve Rindsberg]

I want to print multiple pages to ONE powerpoint slide. In other words, I only have

8 1/2 x 11 paper but want to print out a huge poster by specifying a large page size
and printing out a whole bunch of small pages to make up one big poster. How do I set
this up? I have specified the page size, but the printer always shrinks the page size
down, and there are not many options in 'Page Setup'.
PowerPoint doesn't do this, but some printer drivers will handle it for you.

If your printer driver doesn't do the job, you may need to export or copy/paste your
slides to a graphics or desktop publishing app that can do the job.


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Steve Rindsberg, PPT MVP
PPT FAQ: www.pptfaq.com
PPTools: www.pptools.com
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[Matt Centurión [MSFT]]

I actually just had to do this, and used Excel since it allows for one
continuous drawing area automatically split over multiple pages.

Simply print from PPT to PDF then insert that PDF in Excel and stretch is as
big as you want in Page layout view. There won't be any overlap and it will
account for margins correctly. Reduce margins as far as your printer will
let you to minimize wasted space.

Bob's XL suggestion is right on the money.

Matt
MacBU - Microsoft

What you are looking to do is called Tiling - where a portion of a larger
page size is printed on several sheets of smaller paper. The feature is
usually found in page layout/desktop publishing software but isn't supported
in PPt. You *may* be able to do something "similar" in Excel but there is
no provision for controlling overlap, so you'll most likely get a less than
desirable result.

Regards |:>)
Bob Jones
[MVP] Office:Mac

Matt
MacOffice Testing
Microsoft

 

[Steve Rindsberg]

I actually just had to do this, and used Excel since it allows for one
continuous drawing area automatically split over multiple pages.

Sweet ... never ran across that idea before.

Thanks!

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Steve Rindsberg, PPT MVP
PPT FAQ: www.pptfaq.com
PPTools: www.pptools.com
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[Steve Rindsberg]

I actually just had to do this, and used Excel since it allows for one
continuous drawing area automatically split over multiple pages.

I've just added the Excel suggestion here:

Print large-format slides to normal size paper (tile,tiling)
http://www.pptfaq.com/FAQ00538.htm

Thanks again.

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Steve Rindsberg, PPT MVP
PPT FAQ: www.pptfaq.com
PPTools: www.pptools.com
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[CyberTaz]

Wow! Complete with props!;-) Very nice.

Regards |:>)
Bob Jones
[MVP] Office:Mac

 

[Steve Rindsberg]

Wow! Complete with props!;-)

Well sure! I only steal from the best. How can I make sure everyone knows
that unless I give credit? ;-)

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Steve Rindsberg, PPT MVP
PPT FAQ: www.pptfaq.com
PPTools: www.pptools.com
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