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I have an existing slideshow which I've been displaying through a projector. I need to get slides made from this file, which entails changing the page setup from "On-screen show" to "35-mm slide." When I make this change, the images that are on the slides seem to become distorted, getting stretched to the sides. IS there any way to prevent this from happening

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I have an existing slideshow which I've been displaying through a projector. I need to
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get slides made from this file, which entails changing the page setup from "On-screen show"
to "35-mm slide." When I make this change, the images that are on the slides seem to
become distorted, getting stretched to the sides. IS there any way to prevent this from
happening?

Find a service bureau that knows what they're doing to shoot the slides. Any that are used
to handling PPT files can set their software/equipment up to take the standard
screen-proportioned PPT slide and image it undistorted on 35mm film with just a bit of
black border left and right. Since black doesn't project, nobody will be aware of the
difference.

If they can't handle that with native PPT files, see if they can do it with e.g. PNG image
files instead.

Failing that, you can do something along these lines:

Create a copy of your presentation. Open it and the original and arrange them side by
side.

Change the copy to 35mm proportions.

Now step through both shows at the same time. Wherever something on the copy's gotten
distorted, delete it, then select it from the original and copy/paste it into the copy.
 
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Hello,

When you change the aspect ratio of slides in a presentation (which is what
happens when you switch from onscreen to 35mm page setup), PowerPoint will,
necessarily, resize and reposition items relative to the new center
coordinates of the slides.

If you (or anyone else reading this message) have suggestions as to how
PowerPoint should handle non-proportional changes to the aspect ratio of
slides, don't forget to send your feedback (in YOUR OWN WORDS, please) to
Microsoft at:

http://register.microsoft.com/mswish/suggestion.asp

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read each one but, in any given product development cycle, there are ONLY
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COMPLETELY as possible so that we can FEEL YOUR PAIN.

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suggestions).

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Microsoft Corporation
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Microsoft Office PowerPoint for Windows
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