When you print a PowerPoint presentation, you receive margins around the slides by default. In some cases, this works well especially if you want room to make notes. But in other cases, that white space is a waste.
Luckily, you can print full page PowerPoint slides on Mac without margins. This lets each slide cover the whole page making sensible use of that empty space.
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Check or change the slide size
The first step to removing those page margins is to review the slide sizes. While you don’t have to adjust the sizes of your PowerPoint slides, you do want to match the paper size you set up to the slide sizes.
- With your slideshow open in PowerPoint, go to the Design tab and select the Slide Size menu.
- Choose Page Setup.
- You’ll see the current settings in the Size section at the top.
- Optionally, you can change the Slide sized for setting to match a paper size like A4 or Ledger Paper. Just note that this will adjust the appearance of your slides to accommodate that size.
- Whether or not you choose to change the slide size, make note of the Width and Height for the next section.
- Click OK if you make a change or Cancel to close the Page Setup window.
Create a custom paper size and print
With the paper size you want to use, you’ll next create a custom size so that you can remove the margins.
- Go to File > Print in the menu bar.
- Pick Manage Custom Sizes in the Paper Size drop-down menu.
- Click the plus sign on the bottom left to add the size and then give it a name when “Untitled” appears in the list.
- Enter the Width and Height to match that of the slide size you obtained above. Note that depending on the page orientation you use, you may need to swap the Width and Height measurements.
- Confirm that User Defined is selected next to Margins.
- Replace the Top, Bottom, Left, and Right margin sizes with zeros.
- Select OK to save and use the paper size.
When you’re returned to the Print screen, you should see the margins removed in the preview for each page on the left. Choose your printer, make any other adjustments you like, and click Print.
Enhance your presentations with Plus AI
Before you print your slides on Mac, are you sure they’re ready to go? Maybe you can add a little more detail to a particular slide or insert a Thank You slide to properly wrap up the presentation.
With the help of Plus AI for PowerPoint, you can make these types of changes quickly and easily. Open the Plus AI side panel, choose the kind of edit you want to make, and then simply tell Plus AI what you want.
In the example below, we ask Plus AI to shorten our selected text to make it more digestible.
By using Plus AI in PowerPoint, you can drastically reduce the amount of time it takes to create and edit presentations. Head to the Plus AI website to review the full feature set, see the gallery of templates, and start your free trial.
Conclusion
While it can be nice to have white margins around your slides when you print them, it’s also useful to have full-page slides without them. Now that you know how to print a PowerPoint on Mac without margins, look at how to print your speaker notes in PowerPoint too.
FAQs
How do I save a PowerPoint as PDF on Mac?
To save as a PDF without any page adjustments, select File > Export in the menu bar. Pick a location, choose PDF in the File Format menu, and click Export.
To save as a PDF with page adjustments, select File > Print in the menu bar. Make the necessary changes to the size, layout, orientation, or number of slides. Choose Save as PDF in the PDF menu at the bottom, pick a location, and click Save.
How to print multiple PowerPoint slides on one page on Mac?
You can use the Handouts setting to print more than one slide per page. Select File > Print in the menu bar, open the Layout menu, and pick one of the Handouts options. You can have two, three, or more slides per page. Adjust any other settings and click Print when you’re ready.
How do I change my slideshow settings on Mac?
Like in PowerPoint on Windows, you can adjust your settings on the Slide Show tab. Open the tab and use the tools in the ribbon to change settings like timings, subtitles, and recordings.
You can also open the Set Up Slide Show window to make changes to the show type, options, and monitors.
