Presentation size in pixels! HELP much appreciated...

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Josh Raymond

Forgive me if I have missed something. BUT....
I am using PowerPoint 2003 and its packaging has an image
of a video projector. You would think that you might be
able to match the size of a powerpoint project to the
output resolution you desire... In my case - 1024x768

Why can you not set the page setup for screen res? ie in
pixels...

Can this be done? If so what are the metric equivalents?
(australa here)

I can't beleive how counter intuitive and inflexible these
options are... How old is this program? What version are
we up to now?

Powerpoint could take a leaf out of Scala's design and
performance... (maybe not its UI)

Please lets see this addressed soon! but for now... can
anyone help or offer a suggestion.

Much appreciated. Josh Raymond
 
Forgive me if I have missed something. BUT....
I am using PowerPoint 2003 and its packaging has an image
of a video projector. You would think that you might be
able to match the size of a powerpoint project to the
output resolution you desire... In my case - 1024x768

Why can you not set the page setup for screen res? ie in
pixels...

Can this be done? If so what are the metric equivalents?
(australa here)

I can't beleive how counter intuitive and inflexible these
options are... How old is this program? What version are
we up to now?
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You're working too hard at it. It's so intuitive you don't even have to
*think* about it, and pretty much always has been. ;-)

PowerPoint simply fills the display screen, whatever its current resolution,
with your slides, so long as the slide's size is set to something proportional
to the screen, which it will be by default.

You have to match your screen resolution to the video projector's resolution
for best results, of course, but you have to do this no matter what software
you're using.

Now if this doesn't seem to match up with what you're experiencing, there may
be some other issue at work; let us know and we'll follow up.
 
PowerPoint simply fills the display screen, whatever its current resolution,
with your slides, so long as the slide's size is set to something proportional
to the screen, which it will be by default.
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That's one of the strongest features of powerpoint (IMHO) when compared to director and scala. A powerpoint presentation
is not resolution fixed.

Cheers
TAJ Simmons
microsoft powerpoint mvp

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I guess what I'm after is NO SCALING by powerpoint. ie I
want my 1024x768 72dpi graphics to fill a slide exactly.

I appreciate that PP is not resolution dependant and thats
great for any vector material on a slide (ie text, shapes)

But in the end if your adding bitmap material then it is
either going to be scaled or reduced depending on what
your output resolution is.... I dont want that. I want to
set my Page size/Stage/Project to 1024x768 (4:3 aspect)
and do it in pixels, not mm or cm or inches.

Technically if your adding bitmap material of that size
anyway (as most of the tutorials suggest) then why not
provide a way for PP to interpret it in that scale, ie
pixels, even have a ruler in pixels. 1024x768 @ 72dpi =
36.12cm x 27.09cm - BUT when you stick a slide of those
pixel dimension on the page it makes it small, then you
have to resize it 100% in the format box.... counter
intuiutive me thinks....

again my 2cents... why not provide an option for this...
if your working with bitmaps, resolution independance is
irrelevant...

Thanks
Josh
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That's one of the strongest features of powerpoint (IMHO)
Click to expand...
when compared to director and scala. A powerpoint
presentation
 
I guess what I'm after is NO SCALING by powerpoint. ie I
want my 1024x768 72dpi graphics to fill a slide exactly.
Click to expand...

Insert the 1024x768 picture, make sure it fills the frame and run your
presentation from a computer with the video display set to 1024x768.
But in the end if your adding bitmap material then it is
either going to be scaled or reduced depending on what
your output resolution is.... I dont want that. I want to
set my Page size/Stage/Project to 1024x768 (4:3 aspect)
and do it in pixels, not mm or cm or inches.
Click to expand...

You can't do it in PowerPoint. Unlike some other more bitmap oriented apps,
you can't force it to display, say, 800x600 no matter what size the current
display's set for. It's *always* going to fill the video screen. For most
users, this works out well.
again my 2cents... why not provide an option for this...
if your working with bitmaps, resolution independance is
irrelevant...
Click to expand...

Sizing bitmaps is natural for some (you among them, obviously) but for others
it's quite the opposite. And accurately scaling bitmaps to anything other than
full screen in PPT can indeed be a challenge.
 
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Updates".]

Hello,

While this cannot be set as a property of the presentation you can tell
PowerPoint that, regardless presentation file, to switch the display to a
specific screen resolution during slide show. So, if your 1024x768 images
fill a 4:3 slide area exactly and you have specified the slide show setting
for 1024x768:

1) Slide Show -> Set up show...
2) Specify Slide show resolution as "1024x768 (Slowest, Highest Fidelity)"
from the drop down list at the bottom of the dialog, and
2) Click "OK"

As long as the display is capability of running at 1024x768 resolution, the
display will switch to that resolution (if necessary) when you start the
slide show.

Remember, this setting does NOT travel with the presentation. It's a
PowerPoint local user setting, not a presentation file setting.

If you (or anyone else reading this message) have suggestions for how
PowerPoint should handle display resolution dependencies and settings,
don't forget to send your feedback (in YOUR OWN WORDS, please) to Microsoft
at:

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Microsoft Corporation
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Microsoft Office PowerPoint for Windows
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