PowerPoint: Print presentation in grayscale

If you would like to print out your PowerPoint presentation, economical printing in grayscale is usually sufficient. We show you how to do this in this guide.

PowerPoint: grayscale printing of a presentation

In this practical tip we use PowerPoint 2013. With other versions of Office, the functions can be arranged a little differently.

1. Click the File tab at the top left of the window and select the Print category.
2. Below the selected printer you will now find the "Printer properties" option.
3. Click here on the "Advanced" button, you will find the option "Print in grayscale".
4. Close the two windows with "OK" and then print out the presentation.

In the next practical tip, we will show you how to animate Smartart graphics in PowerPoint. You will also read how to create posters via PowerPoint.