Setting up said:
I'm doing a slideshow that I've been told is going to run on a monitor using
16:9 aspect ratio, instead of the standard 4:3 ratio used in powerpoint.
How do I set up the template so it will not look distorted, etc.?
Austin's advice notwithstanding, this question has come up before and people
generally seem satisfied with the usual advice, which is to set the
presentation up (via File, Page Setup) to a size that's proportional to the
video setup you want to match (4:3, 16:9, etc). If you view a 16:9 show on
your standard 4:3 screen, it'll letterbox but shouldn't distort. When
displayed on a screen of matching proportions, it should be fine.
This all subject to the caveat Austin alluded to: that if the playback monitor
is 16:9 but the video system isn't, all bets are off, all distortion is on.