Microsoft KB Archive/69206

Printing PowerPoint Graphics to an IBM 4019 PSS ID Number: Q69206 Article last modified on 10-29-1991 PSS database name: W_PowerPt

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Summary:

Lines, boxes, or other objects created in PowerPoint will not print to an IBM 4019 printer in 4019 mode, unless certain conditions exist.

If any of the objects on the slide has a shadow, or is filled (solid or patterned), or is a line with an arrowhead on it, then the object and also all the other objects on that slide will print. Or if there are imported graphics (CGM, PCX, or EPS) on the slide, the other objects on the slide will also print. If none of these conditions exist, then no graphical objects on the slide will print.

Workaround
Create a small line with an arrowhead on the master slide. Then create a box just large enough to cover and hide the line. Format the box as opaque and not framed.

Copyright Microsoft Corporation 1991.