Tips for printing PDFs, PowerPoints, etc. from D2L

Update (8/24/2011): These tips have been added to the LibAnswers knowledgebase.

Here are a couple of tips for helping students print files from D2L:

• Be sure to click in the browser frame that contains the document you want to print. If another part of the browser window has the focus, the patron is likely to get a blank page instead of his/her document.
• When printing PDFs, be sure to use the Adobe Reader toolbar that floats over the bottom of the document. Don't use the browser's File > Print menu.
• Sometimes the only way to get a document to print is to save the document to the Windows desktop first. Then open the document in Acrobat Reader, PowerPoint, etc. and print it.

Jon W.


P.S. How's the new blog template? :-)