panning map in PowerPoint

[asgallant]

I'm creating a presentation, and I would like to have a map in the background
which pans from town to town as I display data for each town on the map. The
problem is that the map is huge in comparison to the slide (4000x5000) and
PowerPoint auto-crops the image when I run the animations. Does anyone know
how to get PowerPoint to stop cropping the image?

 

[asgallant]

Forgot to mention that I'm using Office 2007.

 

[dcsloan]

1) I'm not sure what you mean by "auto-crops the image" because I have never
seen PPT do that. Several times, I have used images much larger than the
slide. To see the whole image, I would zoom out to 50% or 25% or whatever it
takes to see the entire image.

2) Use the custom path animation to move the map.

 

[asgallant]

When I say PowerPoint auto-crops the image, I mean that it cuts a piece out
of the whole image, and displays that - throwing away everything else.
Measuring by PowerPoint's pseudo-inches, the map is about 52" x 41".
PowerPoint cuts out a piece about 14 in x 10 in, and refuses to display any
more of the image whether I zoom out or use a custom animation.

When I'm designing the slide, I can zoom out and see the whole image; the
problem only occurs when I preview animations or view the slide show.

 

[Glen Millar]

Hi,

Yes. Duplicate image, cut the left one in half and the right one in half so
that match back together as a single image. Then, pan them both side by side
so they look like a single image.

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[asgallant]

Ok, I can get them to pan now. I would like to be able to zoom in and out as
if the composite image was one. If I group the images together, I end up
with the same problem I started with, but if I leave them ungrouped, they
zoom out individually, and I end up with gaps between the images. Is there
any way around this? Perhaps some method of attaching one image to the edge
of another?

 

[Chris Watts]

Why not try Zoomit. I think that it is freeware and works with anything not
just ppt.

Chris

 

[asgallant]

Unfortunately, I can only use tools available in PowerPoint, as I won't own
or have control over the PC the presentation is run off. It also has to be
idiot proof - I can trust that the presenters will be able to follow
instructions like "hit enter," but often, asking them to do something as
complicated as "Ctrl-C" is asking too much.