MasterView International
by Luigi Canali De Rossi
September 15th, 2002
Most of you may have noticed an icon with some colors. It is
placed at the top right side of the Standard toolbar, in all
the versions of PowerPoint. In the newer XP version, its shape
is a bit different, but it can be easily located on the right
side of the zoom drop down list.
The icon is called "Color/Grayscale" or "Grayscale
Preview".
What is it for? How can you use it?
My first suggestion is to use it as a "Print preview" before
printing, so you will not waste too much paper. If you click on
the icon you will not see any color, but your slides will
appear in black and white.
Once your slides are black and white (in the XP version you can
choose among Color, Grayscale or Pure Black and White), you can
right-click on any slide and decide different settings all
related to the black and white. For instance, by right-clicking
on a slide which has been previously set as black and white,
you have the following options:
1) Automatic
2) Grayscale
3) Light Grayscale
4) Inverse Grayscale
5) Gray with White fill
6) Black with Grayscale fill
7) Black with White fill
8) Black
9) White
