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engineerinva63 1/11/2007 7:13 AM PST
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  I want to change the spacing on the handout master so that the slides are
closer together. Is there any way to change this?
 
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John Wilson  1/11/2007 7:22 AM PST
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  Not within Powerpoint

You could use send to > word and reorganise but its a pain

If you are prepared to spend $40 then Shyam's Hand Out Wizard is a good bet
http://skp.mvps.org/how/
There's a fully functioning free trial.
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"engineerinva63" wrote:

> I want to change the spacing on the handout master so that the slides are
> closer together. Is there any way to change this?
 
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engineerinva63 1/11/2007 7:35 AM PST
   
  That's what I needed to know--Thanks!

"John Wilson" wrote:

> Not within Powerpoint
>
> You could use send to > word and reorganise but its a pain
>
> If you are prepared to spend $40 then Shyam's Hand Out Wizard is a good bet
> http://skp.mvps.org/how/
> There's a fully functioning free trial.
> --
> email john AT technologytrish.co.uk
>
> "Glass" action buttons - http://www.technologytrish.co.uk/pptbuttons.html
> Personalised calendars - http://technologytrish.co.uk/calendars
>
>
>
> "engineerinva63" wrote:
>
> > I want to change the spacing on the handout master so that the slides are
> > closer together. Is there any way to change this?
 
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Dr.Danger 9/11/2008 10:26 AM PST
   
  Microsoft office team,
Being able to change the slide spacing really needs to be included in
PowerPoint. You could promote it as an eco-friendly move. People could print
more slides per page without the text becoming too small, thus saving paper.
I am not sure why there needs to be so much white space between slides anyway.

Thanks!

 
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Michael Koerner 9/11/2008 11:57 AM PST
   
  You can print up to 9 slides per page when printing to handouts. Isn't that
enough? The only other option is to use the send to Word option and
manipulate the tables once in Word.

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"Dr.Danger" <Dr.Danger@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:4675157E-EE96-46B8-A5C1-BB96A2F20220@microsoft.com...
Microsoft office team,
Being able to change the slide spacing really needs to be included in
PowerPoint. You could promote it as an eco-friendly move. People could print
more slides per page without the text becoming too small, thus saving paper.
I am not sure why there needs to be so much white space between slides
anyway.

Thanks!



 
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Dottie 9/12/2008 6:45 AM PST
   
  I, too, would love to change the layouts for printing. I want /need larger
windows and less margins in the 2 and 3 per page handouts.
Yes, I 've done it in Word, and yes it's a mess.
Let us take margins down to 1/2 inch and enlarge the slide area, give more
notes room....
Sorry, I 'm in an educational setting and there is often much too much info
on the slides I am sent for printing to print in small squares.

I'm off to try that free trial!

Dottie

"Michael Koerner" wrote:

> You can print up to 9 slides per page when printing to handouts. Isn't that
> enough? The only other option is to use the send to Word option and
> manipulate the tables once in Word.
>
> --
> Michael Koerner
> MS MVP - PowerPoint
>
>
> "Dr.Danger" <Dr.Danger@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:4675157E-EE96-46B8-A5C1-BB96A2F20220@microsoft.com...
> Microsoft office team,
> Being able to change the slide spacing really needs to be included in
> PowerPoint. You could promote it as an eco-friendly move. People could print
> more slides per page without the text becoming too small, thus saving paper.
> I am not sure why there needs to be so much white space between slides
> anyway.
>
> Thanks!
>
>
>
>
 
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JR 10/16/2008 8:08 AM PST
   
  I agree w/ Dottie - the ability to re-size the slides in the handout should
be a function and the Help leads one to believe it could be done. 2 slides
per handout that are legible is the desire vs. 1 per page. Sure we "can
print up to 9 slides per page", but you'd need a magnifying glass. Please
Microsoft - correct this.

"Dottie" wrote:

> I, too, would love to change the layouts for printing. I want /need larger
> windows and less margins in the 2 and 3 per page handouts.
> Yes, I 've done it in Word, and yes it's a mess.
> Let us take margins down to 1/2 inch and enlarge the slide area, give more
> notes room....
> Sorry, I 'm in an educational setting and there is often much too much info
> on the slides I am sent for printing to print in small squares.
>
> I'm off to try that free trial!
>
> Dottie
>
> "Michael Koerner" wrote:
>
> > You can print up to 9 slides per page when printing to handouts. Isn't that
> > enough? The only other option is to use the send to Word option and
> > manipulate the tables once in Word.
> >
> > --
> > Michael Koerner
> > MS MVP - PowerPoint
> >
> >
> > "Dr.Danger" <Dr.Danger@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> > news:4675157E-EE96-46B8-A5C1-BB96A2F20220@microsoft.com...
> > Microsoft office team,
> > Being able to change the slide spacing really needs to be included in
> > PowerPoint. You could promote it as an eco-friendly move. People could print
> > more slides per page without the text becoming too small, thus saving paper.
> > I am not sure why there needs to be so much white space between slides
> > anyway.
> >
> > Thanks!
> >
> >
> >
> >
 
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Josh 11/3/2008 7:33 PM PST
   
  Count me in as another one interested in this feature. I saw the HandOut
Wizard, but it seems to be for Windows only. Is there anything for Office for
Mac?

"JR" wrote:

> I agree w/ Dottie - the ability to re-size the slides in the handout should
> be a function and the Help leads one to believe it could be done. 2 slides
> per handout that are legible is the desire vs. 1 per page. Sure we "can
> print up to 9 slides per page", but you'd need a magnifying glass. Please
> Microsoft - correct this.
>
> "Dottie" wrote:
>
> > I, too, would love to change the layouts for printing. I want /need larger
> > windows and less margins in the 2 and 3 per page handouts.
> > Yes, I 've done it in Word, and yes it's a mess.
> > Let us take margins down to 1/2 inch and enlarge the slide area, give more
> > notes room....
> > Sorry, I 'm in an educational setting and there is often much too much info
> > on the slides I am sent for printing to print in small squares.
> >
> > I'm off to try that free trial!
> >
> > Dottie
> >
> > "Michael Koerner" wrote:
> >
> > > You can print up to 9 slides per page when printing to handouts. Isn't that
> > > enough? The only other option is to use the send to Word option and
> > > manipulate the tables once in Word.
> > >
> > > --
> > > Michael Koerner
> > > MS MVP - PowerPoint
> > >
> > >
> > > "Dr.Danger" <Dr.Danger@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> > > news:4675157E-EE96-46B8-A5C1-BB96A2F20220@microsoft.com...
> > > Microsoft office team,
> > > Being able to change the slide spacing really needs to be included in
> > > PowerPoint. You could promote it as an eco-friendly move. People could print
> > > more slides per page without the text becoming too small, thus saving paper.
> > > I am not sure why there needs to be so much white space between slides
> > > anyway.
> > >
> > > Thanks!
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
 
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Lucy Thomson 11/4/2008 1:13 AM PST
   
  Hi Josh

You would probably have more luck asking over on the Mac side of the world:
Mac discussion groups
http://www.officeformac.com/ProductForums/
microsoft.public.mac.office.powerpoint

Lucy

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"Josh" <Josh@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:46F22A81-16A1-439D-9E75-5BB6B573E2FB@microsoft.com...
> Count me in as another one interested in this feature. I saw the HandOut
> Wizard, but it seems to be for Windows only. Is there anything for Office
> for
> Mac?
>
> "JR" wrote:
>
>> I agree w/ Dottie - the ability to re-size the slides in the handout
>> should
>> be a function and the Help leads one to believe it could be done. 2
>> slides
>> per handout that are legible is the desire vs. 1 per page. Sure we "can
>> print up to 9 slides per page", but you'd need a magnifying glass.
>> Please
>> Microsoft - correct this.
>>
>> "Dottie" wrote:
>>
>> > I, too, would love to change the layouts for printing. I want /need
>> > larger
>> > windows and less margins in the 2 and 3 per page handouts.
>> > Yes, I 've done it in Word, and yes it's a mess.
>> > Let us take margins down to 1/2 inch and enlarge the slide area, give
>> > more
>> > notes room....
>> > Sorry, I 'm in an educational setting and there is often much too much
>> > info
>> > on the slides I am sent for printing to print in small squares.
>> >
>> > I'm off to try that free trial!
>> >
>> > Dottie
>> >
>> > "Michael Koerner" wrote:
>> >
>> > > You can print up to 9 slides per page when printing to handouts.
>> > > Isn't that
>> > > enough? The only other option is to use the send to Word option and
>> > > manipulate the tables once in Word.
>> > >
>> > > --
>> > > Michael Koerner
>> > > MS MVP - PowerPoint
>> > >
>> > >
>> > > "Dr.Danger" <Dr.Danger@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> > > news:4675157E-EE96-46B8-A5C1-BB96A2F20220@microsoft.com...
>> > > Microsoft office team,
>> > > Being able to change the slide spacing really needs to be included in
>> > > PowerPoint. You could promote it as an eco-friendly move. People
>> > > could print
>> > > more slides per page without the text becoming too small, thus saving
>> > > paper.
>> > > I am not sure why there needs to be so much white space between
>> > > slides
>> > > anyway.
>> > >
>> > > Thanks!
>> > >
>> > >
>> > >
>> > >


 
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WalkbyFaith 11/13/2008 11:29 AM PST
   
  I agree...my professors put on soo much text that its hard to read...I'd like
to save paper and have some room for notes but i can't read all the info.
when I do 4 slides or more and 2 slide still is small. White space needs to
be mulipuatable!

"JR" wrote:

> I agree w/ Dottie - the ability to re-size the slides in the handout should
> be a function and the Help leads one to believe it could be done. 2 slides
> per handout that are legible is the desire vs. 1 per page. Sure we "can
> print up to 9 slides per page", but you'd need a magnifying glass. Please
> Microsoft - correct this.
>
> "Dottie" wrote:
>
> > I, too, would love to change the layouts for printing. I want /need larger
> > windows and less margins in the 2 and 3 per page handouts.
> > Yes, I 've done it in Word, and yes it's a mess.
> > Let us take margins down to 1/2 inch and enlarge the slide area, give more
> > notes room....
> > Sorry, I 'm in an educational setting and there is often much too much info
> > on the slides I am sent for printing to print in small squares.
> >
> > I'm off to try that free trial!
> >
> > Dottie
> >
> > "Michael Koerner" wrote:
> >
> > > You can print up to 9 slides per page when printing to handouts. Isn't that
> > > enough? The only other option is to use the send to Word option and
> > > manipulate the tables once in Word.
> > >
> > > --
> > > Michael Koerner
> > > MS MVP - PowerPoint
> > >
> > >
> > > "Dr.Danger" <Dr.Danger@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> > > news:4675157E-EE96-46B8-A5C1-BB96A2F20220@microsoft.com...
> > > Microsoft office team,
> > > Being able to change the slide spacing really needs to be included in
> > > PowerPoint. You could promote it as an eco-friendly move. People could print
> > > more slides per page without the text becoming too small, thus saving paper.
> > > I am not sure why there needs to be so much white space between slides
> > > anyway.
> > >
> > > Thanks!
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
 
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Greg 2/24/2009 3:06 PM PST
   
  The number of slides is irrelevant. When printing 2 slides per page, I don't
need an inch of border in between them. Being able to adjust the margins and
spacing between cells would be a practical upgrade.
 
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Bill Dilworth 2/24/2009 4:26 PM PST
   
  Google HandOut Wizard. It allows you to custom build your handouts.

Bill Dilworth

"Greg" <Greg@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> The number of slides is irrelevant. When printing 2 slides per page, I
> don't
> need an inch of border in between them. Being able to adjust the margins
> and
> spacing between cells would be a practical upgrade.


 
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Krisy 3/16/2009 5:00 AM PST
   
  I second to Greg. The huge marginals in the print layout are really
irritating no matter how many slides per page. I'm looking forward to a
user-friendly solution.
 
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Bill Dilworth 3/16/2009 12:56 PM PST
   
  Hi Krisy,

Did you look at Handout Wizard? Allows you to set the margins and placement
of the slides on a page.

Bill Dilworth

"Krisy" <Krisy@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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>I second to Greg. The huge marginals in the print layout are really
> irritating no matter how many slides per page. I'm looking forward to a
> user-friendly solution.


 
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Nick 6/1/2009 11:13 AM PST
   
  It would be ideal not to have to pay $40 for such a simple task

"Bill Dilworth" wrote:

> Hi Krisy,
>
> Did you look at Handout Wizard? Allows you to set the margins and placement
> of the slides on a page.
>
> Bill Dilworth
>
> "Krisy" <Krisy@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:C0D32A28-367D-4F11-9F89-DF99F088A8A9@microsoft.com...
> >I second to Greg. The huge marginals in the print layout are really
> > irritating no matter how many slides per page. I'm looking forward to a
> > user-friendly solution.
>
>
>
 
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