SlideRocket presentations can be downloaded as PDF files which can then be printed. The PDF download is optimized for printing and does not include interactive features such as hyperlinks. When creating a presentation it is important to decide whether this presentation is for printing or for playing online. The features that allow for the best print quality often are the same features that slow presentations when playing online. 

 

A presentation can be printed from 3 different locations: Presentation Dashboard, Presentation Editor, and Full Player.

 

This document covers

• Optimizing Presentations for Printing
• Picture Resolution
• Video
• Flash Files (SWF)
• Printing from the Presentation Dashboard
• Printing from the Presentation Editor
• Printing from the Full Player

 

Optimizing Presentations for Printing

 

Picture Resolution 

For printing, high resolution pictures are the best. The highest resolution SlideRocket supports is 1920x1920. Any assets uploaded over this resolution will be compressed.

 

Video

Videos in presentations intended for printing must have a thumbnail added in the Media Library. The thumbnail will be shown when the presentation is printed. If there is not a thumbnail added, the video will print as a black box. 

To set thumbnail

1. Click Media tab from Presentation Library
2. Click Videos button  to filter by video (Optional) 
3. Click desired video to open its Media Dashboard
4. Video will automatically start playing. Click Set Thumbnail when desired frame is in view

 

Flash Files

(SWF)

SWF files are Flash animation files, and are distinct from FLV’s, which are Flash video files. SWF files in presentations must have a thumbnail added in the Media Library. This thumbnail will be shown when the presentation is printed, otherwise the SWF will not print. If the SWF file contains a transparency, the transparent areas will print as black. 

 

To set thumbnail

1. Click Media tab from Presentation Library
2. Click Flash tab to filter by SWFs (Optional) 
3. Click desired SWF to open its Media Dashboard
4. SWF will automatically start playing. Click Set Thumbnail when desired frame is in view

 

ADVANCED NOTES:

• YouTube Videos: YouTube video will print as black box
• Printer Resolution: Printer has higher resolution than monitor. This can cause elements to appear clear when you look at them online, but fuzzy when printed

 

Printing from the Presentation Dashboard

 

1. Click presentation in Presentation Library
2. Click Download
3. Click Adobe PDF
4. Select PDF Export Options
   
• Page Range
• Print All Slides
• Print Specific Slides
• Print Quality
• Best
• Draft: Reduce size of PDF file and save ink when printed
• More Options
• Print Notes
• Print Skipped Slides
• Frame slides: Add thin black border to each slide. Frame slides is only available when there are 2 or more slides per page
• Slides per page: Maximum number of slides per page is 9 
5. Click Print
6. Click OK once presentation has finished processing
7. Select location to save PDF and click Save

 

ADVANCED NOTES

• Presentations more than 150 pages will be split into multiple PDFs of 150 pages each. These PDFs can be combined here
• The blue in the ripple theme prints darker than it appears online
• If a slide has more than 20 assets it will be printed as a single picture instead of several layered pictures. This means any text on the slide will not appear at as high of quality as slides with fewer elements
• Some printers recommend PDFs are printed as pictures instead of documents

 

 

Printing from the Presentation Editor

1. Click File from within Presentation Editor
2. Click Print…
3. Select Print Options
   
• Page Range
• Print All Slides
• Print Specific Slides
• Print Quality
• Best
• Draft: Reduce size of PDF file and save ink when printed
• More Options
• Print Notes
• Print Skipped Slides
• Frame slides: Add thin black border to each slide. Frame slides is only available when there are 2 or more slides per page
• Slides per page: Maximum number of slides per page is 9 
4. Click Print
5. Click OK once presentation has finished processing
6. Select location to save PDF and click Save

 

ADVANCED NOTES

• Presentations more than 150 pages will be split into multiple PDFs of 150 pages each. These PDFs can be combined here
• The blue in the ripple theme prints darker than it appears online
• If a slide has more than 20 assets it will be printed as a single picture instead of several layered pictures. This means any text on the slide will not appear at as high of quality as slides with fewer elements
• Some printers recommend PDFs are printed as pictures instead of documents

Printing from the Full Player

 

1. Click Play icon
2. Click Print/Export Presentation 
3. Select PDF Export Options
   
• Page Range
• Print All Slides
• Print Specific Slides
• Print Quality
• Best
• Draft: Reduce size of PDF file and save ink when printed
4. Click Print
5. Click OK once presentation has finished processing
6. Select location to save PDF and click Save

 

 

ADVANCED NOTES

• Presentations more than 150 pages will be split into multiple PDFs of 150 pages each. These PDFs can be combined here
• The blue in the ripple theme prints darker than it appears online
• If a slide has more than 20 assets it will be printed as a single picture instead of several layered pictures. This means any text on the slide will not appear at as high of quality as slides with fewer elements
• Some printers recommend PDFs are printed as pictures instead of documents