Microsoft KB Archive/62849

PowerPoint 2.00 Help: Default Target PSS ID Number: Q62849 Article last modified on 09-25-1991 PSS database name: W_PowerPt

2.00

WINDOWS

Summary:

The information below is taken from the PowerPoint version 2.00 Help file for the Default Target.

The Default Target, when selected as your printer, allows you to compose presentations for multiple printers without retargetting the presentation for each printer.

The Default Target contains printer metric information about the 35 most commonly used PostScript fonts. These metrics match the printer metrics found in all PowerPoint-supported printers. Because this printer information is stored internally, printer fonts do not need to be installed on the system. This makes the Default Target ideal as the target printer for presentations that may require editing on multiple PCs – or that must be edited by numerous people (not all of whom may have the real target installed, or the disk space necessary for font installation).

To configure and use the Default Target, choose Printer Setup under the File menu. Then, with Default Target highlighted, choose Setup. You may change the paper size (US Letter, US Legal, A4, B5, or Slide) and the orientation (landscape or portrait). New presentations will automatically default to the Default Target.

To change your target to the printer you intend to use, choose Printer Setup under the File menu and select a new target printer.

For more information about this topic, refer to Pages 331-332 of your “Microsoft PowerPoint User’s Guide.”

Copyright Microsoft Corporation 1991.