PP2007 slide top/bottom cut off

[cayce]

This is a variation on an earlier post of mine.

I have drawing objects almost to the very top/bottom edges and need all the
slide real estate. When I Print Preview the PP2007 slide, the top and bottom
of the slide is cut off. However, my objective is to copy the slide and paste
special into a Word2007 document so that the slide's contents can be edited
by the coworkers. Pasting special results in the same parts of the slide
being cut off as Print Preview reveals.

I suspect a printer driver is involved. I changed the printer type to Adobe
PDF with no success. I changed the slide size to something larger from the
default; also, no success.

I have installed Office 2007 Service Pack 2, following a suggestion from my
earlier post. Is there anything else I might try to resolve this so all the
slide's contents appear in Word 2007 document?

 

[cayce]

thanks Steve. I was referring to space outside the editing window (a new term
for me). As I continued to mess around with this, I learned 2 things:

1. When gridlines are turned on, they do NOT extend all the way to the edge
of the slide. So, this I take as a clue as to what bounds the editing window.
(I never noticed this before.)

While I recognize printers need some boundary area for mechanical paper
handling outside the editing window, I did not anticipate that copying the
slide would need to conform to these same rules.

2. When I enlarged the slide's size in page setup, it scaled up my slide
contents. I could have simply selected all, grouped, then shrunk slightly to
make it fit inside the confines of the editing window. Then when I copied the
slide and pasted special into Word, I would have no cut off shapes as before.

These are subtle nuances that can make 'ya a little crazy until you know why
and a work-around.

Thanks again for helping.

 

[cayce]

Steve...now I am baffled. In the presentation I was struggling with, the
gridlines do not extend all the way to the slide edge (the guides do). I made
the false assumption that this was the case for all presentations (and we all
know what happens when you assume)

As you suggested, I opened a new, blank presentation; I see that gridlines
do extend all the way to the edge. So, where is the setting to make gridlines
display only the space that will print (like in the show I was struggling
with)?

 

[cayce]

thanks Steve. This is a curiosity. When I open a new presentation, the
gridlines build to the edge of the slide, even when I increased the slide's
size several different times. The grid setting is .083.

It appears that the slideshow I was having trouble with has a "unique
benefit" of showing me the precise boundaries for the slide's viewable
contents. The show also uses a grid setting of .083 and is the default slide
size of 7.5" high by 10" wide.

I trust I'm not being dense here; is there a setting I can apply to always
see what is the precise viewable slide space?

 

[cayce]

Steve..you are a patient soul for sticking with me on this, probably pulling
your hair out, wondering why I didn't "get it."

I finally figured out why this slide show was different from others. It had
a customized master slide (by others) using an autoshape for a background
that was LARGER than the slide! So, of course when I viewed it in print
preview or on-screen, it showed an editable space different from the what I
took to be the slide's length & width.

I apologize for the brain churn here and thank you again for patience! You
get three gold stars and good karma too!

Namaste.