CCNC/CCNC Module 6/Slide Shows and Previews/Subsection 5 Printing a Presentation

Printing a Presentation
Printing an Impress presentation is much like printing in other OpenOffice.org applications, like Writer or Calc, or even like Microsoft Word or Microsoft Excel. Impress defaults to printing the entire presentation. However, Impress also allows you to print select slides in a presentation.

To print a presentation:


 * Choose File Print from the menu bar.
 * The Print dialog box opens.



A Save As dialogue box will open to save a .PRN format file to any location that you choose. A .PRN file is a special type of file that contains instructions for a printer (e.g., tells the printer what to print on the page, where to print, which paper tray to use, paper size, and other controls.
 * Specify the printer Name where you want to print your presentation.
 * Click to add a checkmark in the Print to file field only if you are going to print the presentation to a computer file and not to a printer.
 * In Print Range, choose whether you want to print All pages or a certain range of Pages, where n and y are the beginning and ending page numbers.
 * Choose the Number of Copies that you want to print by clicking the up or down arrows.
 * Click the OK button to print the spreadhseet.

Only the area that you define in the print range will print when you send the presentation to the printer for printing.

In the spirit of saving paper, you might instead wish to run Print Preview instead of printing the presentation at the printer. Print Preview provides images of the printed page right on the computer monitor. This could potentially save you a lot of paper. Choose File Print Preview from the menu bar.

Printing Handouts, Notes, and Outlines
You can print Impress presentations in several different ways. Impress defaults to the Drawing view, which allows you to print your slides. You can also print Handouts to pass out to your audience while you give your presentation, Notes -- a printout of the slides and accompanying notes that you took while you prepared your presentation -- and an Outline format.

To print a presentation:
 * Choose File Print from the menu bar.
 * The Print dialog box opens.




 * Specify the printer Name where you want to print your presentation.
 * Click to add a checkmark in the Print to file field only if you want to print your presentation to a computer file and not to a printer. A Save As dialogue box will open to save a .PRN format file to any location that you choose. (A .PRN file is a special type of file that contains instructions for a printer. It tells the printer what to print on the page, which paper tray to use, what the paper size is and a number of other controls.)
 * In Print Range, choose whether you want to print All pages or a certain range of Pages, where n and y are the beginning and ending page numbers.
 * Choose the Number of Copies to print by clicking on the up or down arrows.
 * Click the Options button to display the Printer Options dialogue box.




 * Click to select either Drawing, Notes, Handouts, or Outline on the Printer Options dialogue box.
 * Click the OK button to print the job.