Strange printing problem - macro needed

Long version:
My client wants to display one logo when a user views his PowerPoint
presentations on a monitor, but wants the log to change if they send the
same presentation to the printer. I think I can set up a macro to detect if
the presentation is currently being sent to the printer and if so then print
hidden slides, but wouldn't that mean having 1/2 of the slides visible and
duplicating them and hiding them? (Or something like that) I'd rather swap
out the image used for the background of both the title slide and the other
slides.

A macro could swap the images (make one visible, the other invisible, for
example) quite easily.

But (ah, you knew there'd be one of them, right?) ... how are you going to make
sure that the macro runs on my computer when I print?

Unless you can get me to install an addin, it's not going to happen.

Could the client live with the PPT printing one image to b/w printers and
displaying another when printed to or displayed in color?


--
Steve Rindsberg, PPT MVP
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You could have a macro that hides and shows pictures (makes one picture visible and another invisible). I picture a printing button right on one of the slides that runs a macro to make the printing picture visible, the screen picture invisible, print the slideshow, and make the printing picture invisible, and the screen picture invisible. Since it's all done from a button, it is pretty easy to do. Example 6.4 from my web site does some hiding and showing of pictures, and example 7.9 does some printing:

http://www.loyola.edu/education/PowerfulPowerPoint/

--David

David M. Marcovitz
Author of _Powerful PowerPoint for Educators_
http://www.loyola.edu/education/PowerfulPowerPoint/


----- Michael wrote: -----

Short version:
I have a client that wants his PowerPoint presentations to change background
graphics on the title slide as well as the other slides when sent to the
printer. I'm think a macro would do this. Anyone have any ideas?

Long version:
My client wants to display one logo when a user views his PowerPoint
presentations on a monitor, but wants the log to change if they send the
same presentation to the printer. I think I can set up a macro to detect if
the presentation is currently being sent to the printer and if so then print
hidden slides, but wouldn't that mean having 1/2 of the slides visible and
duplicating them and hiding them? (Or something like that) I'd rather swap
out the image used for the background of both the title slide and the other
slides.

--
Michael [The idiot] Barsotti
Kansas City, MO

Thanks for the responses.

Unfortunately the client used PowerPoint 2000 for all (200) of these and has
assured us that the userbase minimum is PowerPoint 2000, so I can't use the
PowerPoint 2003 idea. He also assures me that everyone has a color printer
as that is the one piece of equipment they insist everyone have.

I also can't use the print button idea because of something I failed to tell
you. This is a CD (authored in Macromedia Director) that introduces these
PPT files to sales reps. The sales reps need to be able to 'view'
(slideshow), 'edit' (PPT editor) or 'save' (copy from the CD to their hard
drive) each PPT file. Since they have the opportunity to open these in the
editor he wants me to determine if they are sending the file to the printer
from the menu 'print' choice.

I don't know that much about PowerPoint (and neither does he) but I thought
that maybe a macro could do something. It sounds like it's not going to
happen.

Thanks again for helping.


"David M. Marcovitz" wrote in message
...
You could have a macro that hides and shows pictures (makes one picture
visible and another invisible). I picture a printing button right on one of
the slides that runs a macro to make the printing picture visible, the
screen picture invisible, print the slideshow, and make the printing picture
invisible, and the screen picture invisible. Since it's all done from a
button, it is pretty easy to do. Example 6.4 from my web site does some
hiding and showing of pictures, and example 7.9 does some printing:

http://www.loyola.edu/education/PowerfulPowerPoint/

--David

David M. Marcovitz
Author of _Powerful PowerPoint for Educators_
http://www.loyola.edu/education/PowerfulPowerPoint/


----- Michael wrote: -----

Short version:
I have a client that wants his PowerPoint presentations to change
background
graphics on the title slide as well as the other slides when sent to
the
printer. I'm think a macro would do this. Anyone have any ideas?

Long version:
My client wants to display one logo when a user views his PowerPoint
presentations on a monitor, but wants the log to change if they send
the
same presentation to the printer. I think I can set up a macro to
detect if
the presentation is currently being sent to the printer and if so
then print
hidden slides, but wouldn't that mean having 1/2 of the slides
visible and
duplicating them and hiding them? (Or something like that) I'd rather
swap
out the image used for the background of both the title slide and the
other
slides.

--
Michael [The idiot] Barsotti
Kansas City, MO