Print Tab of Backstage View in PowerPoint for the Web

Yes, PowerPoint for the Web has fewer options compared to desktop versions of PowerPoint, but the gap between the web and desktop versions keeps getting lesser. You still cannot export videos, and there’s no feature to control interface elements. However, basic options exist within Backstage view that let you accomplish basic tasks such as sharing, saving, printing, downloading, etc.

In this tutorial, we will explore the Print option in PowerPoint for the Web:

1. Click the File tab of the Ribbon. Doing so brings up the Backstage view in PowerPoint for the Web, as shown in Figure 1, below. Select the Print pane, as shown highlighted in blue within Figure 1.
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   Figure 1: Print Pane of the Backstage view
2. Within the Print pane, click the Print option, as shown highlighted in red within Figure 1, above. Depending upon your browser, you may see a regular Print dialog box, as shown in Figure 2, below. Change settings as needed, and click the Print button to print your slides to a connected physical or virtual printer. This is the behavior we witnessed when we signed into PowerPoint for the Web using Google Chrome as the browser, at the time of writing this tutorial.
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   Figure 2: Print dialog box in PowerPoint for the Web
4. Alternatively, you may see a message window that indicates that the file is being converted to PDF format, as shown in Figure 3, below. When we used Mozilla Firefox, PowerPoint for the Web’s printing solutions were limited to creating print-ready PDFs.
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   Figure 3: Converting to PDF
3. Once the conversion process is over, PowerPoint for the Web brings up a message window, as shown in Figure 4, below. Click the Open PDF option, as shown highlighted in red within Figure 4.
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   Figure 4: PDF is ready to print
4. Doing so opens the converted PDF in a new tab within the browser, as shown in Figure 5, below. Click the Print button, as shown highlighted in red within Figure 5.
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   Figure 5: PowerPoint file saved as PDF
5. This action brings up the Print dialog box, as shown in Figure 6, below. Within this dialog box, change the settings as required and click the OK button.
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   Figure 6: Print dialog box