Microsoft KB Archive/42056

PowerPoint: Handout Pages Do Not Scale Correctly When Printed PSS ID Number: Q42056 Article last modified on 02-27-1991 PSS database name: M_PowerPt

2.00 2.01

MACINTOSH

Summary:

When printing Microsoft PowerPoint handout pages to an Apple LaserWriter with two or more slides per page (that is, at any reduced size), the first page prints properly, but all subsequent pages of the text may not be scaled correctly (that is, they remain at their original size) even though the graphics scale correctly.

To work around this problem, put some text (for example, a page number) in the master handout page.

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in PowerPoint version 2.00. This problem was corrected in PowerPoint version 2.01.

However, this problem still occurs with LaserWriter driver version 4.0, which was shipped with System version 4.1 (the minimum System requirement mentioned in the PowerPoint literature). However, the same workaround mentioned above still corrects the problem.

To avoid this problem, use LaserWriter driver version 5.0 (System 4.2) or later with PowerPoint version 2.01 or later.

Copyright Microsoft Corporation 1991.