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Printing from PowerPoint

Once you have opened the PowerPoint document from Blackboard, follow the steps below to print the slides.

Log onto Blackboard at http://bb.elmhurst.edu.
Under "Courses in which you are participating," click the link of the desired course.
Select one of the following options:

If you are in Netscape:

Click on the desired PowerPoint document you wish to open.
It should automatically open up in PowerPoint.

If you are in Internet Explorer:

Right-click on the desired PowerPoint presentation.

Select "Open in New Window."
The presentation will open in Internet Explorer.

When the presentation has opened, select "File" and then select "Print" from the menu.
The Print dialog box will appear. Near the bottom of the box, under "Print What," select "Handouts."
Select the number of slides per page.
Click "OK."

Depending on which web browser you're using, you may run into unexpected errors. Please see Differences Between Internet Explorer and Netscape in Using Blackboard for more insight into these problems, and some suggestions for working around them.

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