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         <title id="tit">Printing in Black and White</title>
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<bookmark branch="index" id="bm_id3150125"><bookmark_value>printing; black and white</bookmark_value>
      <bookmark_value>black and white printing</bookmark_value>
      <bookmark_value>colors; not printing</bookmark_value>
      <bookmark_value>text; printing in black</bookmark_value>
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      <h2 id="hd_id3150499">Printing Text and Images in Black and White</h2>
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            <paragraph id="par_id3149346" role="listitem">Choose <emph>File - Print</emph>. The <emph>General</emph> tab page of the dialog opens.</paragraph>
         </listitem>
         <listitem>
            <paragraph id="par_id3155892" role="listitem">Click on <emph>Properties</emph>. This opens the Properties dialog for your printer.</paragraph>
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            <paragraph id="par_id3145313" role="listitem">Select the option to print in black and white. For further information, refer to the user's manual of your printer.</paragraph>
         </listitem>
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            <paragraph id="par_id3153345" role="listitem">Confirm the <emph>Properties</emph> dialog and click <emph>Print</emph>.</paragraph>
            <paragraph id="par_id3156113" role="listitem">The current document will be printed in black and white.</paragraph>
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      <h2 id="hd_id3147653">Printing in Black and White in <item type="productname">%PRODUCTNAME</item> Impress and <item type="productname">%PRODUCTNAME</item> Draw</h2>
      <list type="ordered">
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             <paragraph id="par_id3149233" role="listitem">Choose <switchinline select="sys"><caseinline select="MAC"><menuitem>%PRODUCTNAME - Preferences</menuitem></caseinline><defaultinline><menuitem>Tools - Options</menuitem></defaultinline></switchinline><menuitem> - %PRODUCTNAME Impress</menuitem> or <switchinline select="sys"><caseinline select="MAC"><menuitem>%PRODUCTNAME - Preferences</menuitem></caseinline><defaultinline><menuitem>Tools - Options</menuitem></defaultinline></switchinline><menuitem> - %PRODUCTNAME Draw</menuitem>, as appropriate.</paragraph>
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            <paragraph id="par_id3150275" role="listitem">Then choose <emph>Print</emph>.</paragraph>
         </listitem>
         <listitem>
            <paragraph id="par_id3147573" role="listitem">Under <emph>Quality,</emph> select either <emph>Grayscale</emph> or <emph>Black &amp; white</emph> and click <emph>OK</emph>.</paragraph>
            <paragraph id="par_id3154307" role="listitem">When either of these options is selected, all presentations or drawings will be printed without color. If you only want to print in black for the <emph>current</emph> print job, select the option in <emph>File - Print - %PRODUCTNAME Draw/Impress</emph>.</paragraph>
            <paragraph id="par_id3149786" role="listitem">
               <emph>Grayscale</emph> converts all colors to a maximum of 256 gradations from black to white. All text will be printed in black. A background set by <emph>Format - Page Style - Background</emph> will not be printed.</paragraph>
            <paragraph id="par_id3145610" role="listitem">
               <emph>Black &amp; white</emph> converts all colors into the two values black and white. All borders around objects are printed black. All text will be printed in black. A background set by <emph>Format - Page Style - Background</emph> will not be printed.</paragraph>
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      <h2 id="hd_id3153896">Printing Only Text in Black and White</h2>
      <paragraph id="par_id3147559" role="paragraph">In <item type="productname">%PRODUCTNAME</item> Writer you can choose to print color-formatted text in black and white. You can specify this either for all subsequent text documents to be printed, or only for the current printing process.</paragraph>
      <h2 id="hd_id3150358">Printing All Text Documents with Black and White Text</h2>
      <list type="ordered">
         <listitem>
             <paragraph id="par_id3150541" role="listitem">Choose <switchinline select="sys"><caseinline select="MAC"><menuitem>%PRODUCTNAME - Preferences</menuitem></caseinline><defaultinline><menuitem>Tools - Options</menuitem></defaultinline></switchinline><menuitem> - %PRODUCTNAME Writer</menuitem> or <switchinline select="sys"><caseinline select="MAC"><menuitem>%PRODUCTNAME - Preferences</menuitem></caseinline><defaultinline><menuitem>Tools - Options</menuitem></defaultinline></switchinline><menuitem> - %PRODUCTNAME Writer/Web</menuitem>.</paragraph>
         </listitem>
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            <paragraph id="par_id3147084" role="listitem">Then choose <emph>Print</emph>.</paragraph>
         </listitem>
         <listitem>
            <paragraph id="par_id3154910" role="listitem">Under <emph>Contents,</emph> mark <emph>Print black</emph> and click <emph>OK</emph>.</paragraph>
            <paragraph id="par_id3144762" role="listitem">All text documents or HTML documents will be printed with black text.</paragraph>
         </listitem>
      </list>
      <h2 id="hd_id3148920">Printing the Current Text Document with Black and White Text</h2>
      <list type="ordered">
         <listitem>
            <paragraph id="par_id3152933" role="listitem">Choose <emph>File - Print</emph>. Then click the <emph>%PRODUCTNAME Writer</emph> tab.</paragraph>
         </listitem>
         <listitem>
            <paragraph id="par_id3149667" role="listitem">Choose <emph>Print text in black</emph> and click <emph>Print</emph>.</paragraph>
         </listitem>
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      <paragraph id="par_id3153726" role="paragraph"><link href="text/shared/01/01130000.xhp">Printing dialogs</link></paragraph>
      <paragraph id="par_id3154146" role="paragraph"><link href="text/shared/optionen/01000000.xhp"><switchinline select="sys"><caseinline select="MAC"><menuitem>%PRODUCTNAME - Preferences</menuitem></caseinline><defaultinline><menuitem>Tools - Options</menuitem></defaultinline></switchinline> dialog</link></paragraph>
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