Hello,
Even in the latest version of PowerPoint (2003), the maximum slide size is
56" by 56".
So, for example, if your printer is capable of larger paper sizes or you
want to split (tile) the
print job into smaller pages, to be stitched together after the fact, you
won't be able to do this
directly from PowerPoint.
If support for larger paper sizes, or the ability to tile print your poster
or banner (slide) is
important to you, don't forget to send your feedback to Microsoft at:
http://register.microsoft.com/mswish/suggestion.asp
As with all product suggestions, it's important that you not just state
your wish but also why it is
important to you that your product suggestion be implemented by Microsoft
Microsoft receives
thousands of product suggestions every day and we read each one but, in any
given product
development cycle, there are only sufficient resources to address the ones
that are most important
to our customers so take the extra time to state your case.
In the meantime, the workarounds include:
1) Specify a slide size (proportional to your poster or banner dimensions)
that is within the
maximum allowable slide size in PowerPoint and, when printing, use the
"Scale to fit paper" option.
OR
2) If you have Publisher, you can copy and paste your creation from
PowerPoint into a Publisher
poster or banner template. Publisher does support tiled printing as and
allows you to specify page
sizes up to 20x20 feet.
John Langhans
Supportability Program Manager
Microsoft Office PowerPoint for Windows
Microsoft Office Picture Manager for Windows
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