How to print on both sides of a page manually

Guy Roth · #1 03-20-2012, 06:01 AM

I have got PowerPoint 2010 and I am trying to print a long presentation on both sides of the pages, using a printer that doesn't support it automatically.
I tried to follow the instructions here from the official MS site in order to do that but I couldn't because I couldn't find in my installation:
Under: File-->Print-->Settings in the dropdown of 'Print One Sided' the option of 'Print on Both Sided'
I also don't have the option of 'Only Print Even Pages' or 'Only Print Odd Pages' in the relevant dialog on my desktop'

Does anyone know if I have to turn some settings on in order to be able to see these options and by that to able to print on both sides???

JohnWilson · #2 03-20-2012, 07:18 AM

Those instructions only apply to Word. They don't exist in PowerPoint

You would have to manually type in the slides to print

These macros will do the hard work for you. If you have an odd number of slides you should remove the last slide before printing the even numbers.

Code:

Sub OddPagesForwards()
Dim L As Long
With ActivePresentation.PrintOptions
.Ranges.ClearAll
.RangeType = ppPrintSlideRange
For L = 1 To ActivePresentation.Slides.Count Step 2
.Ranges.Add L, L
Next L
End With
CommandBars.ExecuteMso ("PrintPreviewAndPrint")
End Sub

Sub EvenPagesBackwards()
Dim L As Long
With ActivePresentation.PrintOptions
.Ranges.ClearAll
.RangeType = ppPrintSlideRange
If ActivePresentation.Slides.Count / 2 = ActivePresentation.Slides.Count \ 2 Then
For L = ActivePresentation.Slides.Count To 2 Step -2
.Ranges.Add L, L
Next L
Else
For L = ActivePresentation.Slides.Count - 1 To 2 Step -2
.Ranges.Add L, L
Next L
End If
End With
CommandBars.ExecuteMso ("PrintPreviewAndPrint")
End Sub

How to use code

Guy Roth · #3 03-22-2012, 02:34 AM

So here is another link of MS-Office guidelines that discuss printing option in Powerpoint and also mention printing on both sides.

I just can't believe that the only solution is to insert a manual macro and there is no other build-in solution.

That's a very not green attitude of Microsoft that causes thousands of people to waste a lot of papers!

JohnWilson · #4 03-22-2012, 02:47 AM

Hi Guy

In fact they do exist in powerPoint (Yep I was wrong!) BUT they only seem to be there if you have a printer capable of this. I switched back to our main printer and the option appeared,

I guess it's the printer maker that's not green.

Guy Roth · #5 03-22-2012, 03:41 AM

No, Microsoft should provide the ablity to print seperately even and odd pages for those whose printer can't print in duplex mode, similar to what they provide in Word.
It's a very simple and required feature that PowerPoint should include.

JohnWilson · #6 03-22-2012, 06:43 AM

I'm not disagreeing. in fact I might include it in OUR new toolkit!

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