Microsoft KB Archive/945830

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Multiple presentations are not successfully printed as .xps documents in PowerPoint 2007 or in PowerPoint 2003

Article ID: 945830

Article Last Modified on 12/13/2007



APPLIES TO

  • Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2007
  • Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2003, when used with:
    • Windows Vista Enterprise 64-bit edition
    • Windows Vista Home Basic 64-bit edition
    • Windows Vista Home Premium 64-bit edition
    • Windows Vista Ultimate 64-bit edition
    • Windows Vista Business
    • Windows Vista Business 64-bit edition
    • Windows Vista Enterprise
    • Windows Vista Home Basic
    • Windows Vista Home Premium
    • Windows Vista Ultimate
    • Microsoft Windows Server 2003, Standard Edition (32-bit x86)
    • Microsoft Windows Server 2003, Enterprise Edition (32-bit x86)
    • Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition
    • Microsoft Windows XP Professional



SYMPTOMS

Consider the following scenario:

  • You have Microsoft XPS Document Writer set as the default printer.
  • In Windows Explorer, you select multiple Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2007 presentations or multiple Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2003 presentations.
  • You right-click the selected presentations, and then you click Print.

In this scenario, only the last presentation that is selected is printed as an .xps document. Additionally, this .xps document has the file name that was created for the first document that was printed. The remaining presentations do not have a corresponding .xps document.

For example, if you try to print a.ppt, b.ppt, and c.ppt as .xps documents, the resulting a.xps document will contain the contents of c.ppt. Additionally, only the first .xps document is created. No corresponding .xps documents are created for the remaining presentations.

WORKAROUND

To work around this problem, select and then print each presentation separately.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed in the "Applies to" section.

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