Hi Sandy,
Hope you or Susan don't mind me butting in here....................but I too
am interested in this question of "Filling the slide". I'm pretty new at
this game and to accomplish the desired effect I've been using FORMAT:
INSERT | NEW SLIDE | FORMAT | BACKGROUND | click on arrow for drop-down
menu | select FILL EFFECTS | PICTURE tab | SELECT PICTURE | click on name of
desired picture | INSERT | check the option "Lock Aspect Ratio" | OK |
APPLY.
While some of the picture may be cut off, the picture itself is not
distorted, (Aspect Ratio is maintained.) and the slide and the monitor
screen are filled perfectly. I'm not quite sure what exactly you mean by
"setting the resolution ". If I choose a picture with image size 1162 X 692
pixels and reset it to 1280 X 1024 pixels (my 19" monitor screen
resolution), the picture becomes distorted (because I've changed the Aspect
Ratio). Am I doing something wrong here?
Andy I.
: From Micosoft Office Online:
:
: "What resolution should I make my pictures to use in a PowerPoint slide
show?
:
: If you've asked this question and gotten answers like "Just scan your
images
: at 96 dpi," I'll have to ask you to push your brain's Restart button. You
: need to clear your head of all that dpi stuff because for PowerPoint
: purposes, it's wrong, irrelevant, confusing (choose any three).
:
: Working out the right size for images in PowerPoint is a lot simpler than
: some people try to make it sound. The Basic Rule is this: For images that
: fill the slide, the image size (in pixels) should be equal to the video
: screen's resolution.
:
: For example, if your screen resolution is set to 1024 × 768, that's the
size
: you want your full-slide images to be. If the image occupies only half the
: width and half the height of the slide, it should be 1024/2 or 512 pixels
: wide, and 768/2 or 384 pixels high.
:
: Highly detailed images sometimes look better if they're set at a bit
higher
: resolution than The Rule demands. So if you're working with maps or images
of
: text, try the same image at several resolutions-you'll quickly get a feel
for
: what works best. Just don't go overboard; the higher the resolution, the
: larger the image files; the larger the image files, the larger your
: PowerPoint files will become, and the slower the images will display. You
: want your images to be just big enough to look good and not a pixel
bigger."
:
:
: --
: Sandy Johnson
: Microsoft Certified Office Specialist (MOS PowerPoint)
:
:
: "Susan" wrote:
:
: > Thank you Glen. What are the ratio or dimension of the Power Point
slides?
: > If I wanted to create photos that would fill up the background, how
would I
: > size them?
: > Also can I run a show in a loop or continuously for awhile?
: >
: > : > > Hello,
: > >
: > > Easiest way to do this is with a photo album.
: > >
: > >
http://www.pptworkbench.com/html/photo_albums.htm
: > >
: > > Perhaps you can build it is a photo album, and use slide transitions
with
: > > set timings to run automatically. When the photo album is built, right
: > > click on a slide and select slide transition. You can then set your
: > > options in the task pane and apply it to particular slides or all
slides.
: > >
: > > --
: > >
: > > Regards,
: > > Glen Millar
: > > Microsoft PPT MVP
: > >
: > > Tutorials and PowerPoint animations at
: > > the original
www.pptworkbench.com
: > > glen at pptworkbench dot com
: > > ------------------------------------------
: > > PPTLive! Oct 28-31, New Orleans
http://www.pptlive.com
: > >
: > > Come and say "G'Day" to the Aussie!
: > >
: > >
: > > : > >>
: > >> I am a novice to Power Point but have done a few simple slide shows
with
: > >> captions. It has been more static to allow speaker to use. Now
: > >> organization wants a slide show to run with photos to fade in and out
and
: > >> run reflecting the past history of organization with no speaker. Is
: > >> Power Point what is used to do those shows where photos just seem to
fade
: > >> out and fade in? I hope Power Point can be used since I volunteered
to
: > >> try to accomplish this.
: > >>
: > >>
: > >>
: > >> Please offer any tips and links, etc. I have until the second week
of
: > >> October and getting the pictures digitally formatted will be the
timely
: > >> part.
: > >>
: > >>
: > >>
: > >>
: > >
: >
: >
: >
