screen resolution

[JClark]

Hello again...
I did my first PPT presentation. It looked fine at home, both on
desktop and laptop with resolution at 1280 X 800, more or less (slight
differences in laptop and desktop.)
So I was a little upset when my first slide shown on the projector was
larger than the screen. The secretary who set it up suggested I change
the resolution on the laptop to minimal, which I did (800 X 600) and
the presentation went fine thereafter.
I wonder if this is what I must do every time? Am I losing some detail
when I project with this resolution? Is there any workaround?

Thanks for help, as always.

Jack

 

[Bill Dilworth]

Older, and some inexpensive current, projectors have a maximum resolution of
800 x 600. Most of them have a resolution of 1024 x 768 but are able to be
set down to 800 x 600.

As a general rule, I prefer to set both screen resolutions to the maximum
resolution of the projector.


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[TAJ Simmons]

Jack,

The optimum set up is to have both the laptop and projector match in
resolution.

The higher the numbers the better quality.

If there is a mismatch, then there will be a loss of quality, as either the
laptop or the projector attempts it's best match scaling one size to another
size.

Cheers
TAJ Simmons
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[JClark]

Jack,

The optimum set up is to have both the laptop and projector match in
resolution.

The higher the numbers the better quality.

If there is a mismatch, then there will be a loss of quality, as either the
laptop or the projector attempts it's best match scaling one size to another
size.

Cheers
TAJ Simmons
microsoft powerpoint mvp

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Bill, TAJ.
Thanks for clarifying that. It's reassuring to know that it's that
simple. I searched and had gotten bogged down in a lot of detail about
screens, double screen etc. It seems I just need to find out what the
maximum resolution of the projector is, then set my laptop desktop
settings to match.
Again, thanks.

Jack

 

[TAJ Simmons]

Bill, TAJ.

Thanks for clarifying that. It's reassuring to know that it's that
simple. I searched and had gotten bogged down in a lot of detail about
screens, double screen etc. It seems I just need to find out what the
maximum resolution of the projector is, then set my laptop desktop
settings to match.
Again, thanks.

Jack

That's correct. The problem is that some laptops have a 'native' resolution.
Say 800x600, when you change the resolution to say 1024x768, all the laptop
does is approximates/scales its display to show 1024x768 - BUT it really
only has 800x600 dots/pixels on the screen. So it looks bad.

Some laptops, although only having a 800x600 native screen, can output a
real 1024x768 image out the monitor port.

Cheers
TAJ Simmons
microsoft powerpoint mvp

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[JClark]

Some laptops, although only having a 800x600 native screen, can output a
real 1024x768 image out the monitor port.

Hello TAJ

One of the other posters pointed out that resolution might not
translate into "size". What I was actually complaining about was not
the resolution (although I'd like to have that optimized) but the fact
that my PPT slide projected too large for the screen unless I reset
the screen resolution to 800X600. I hope I'm making sense. The
projector isn't mine, so I don't know what its capabilities are.

Jack

 

[aka]

Thanks for all the info.

Wondering how to find out whether a laptop with native 800 x 600 can
output a REAL 1024 x 768 out the monitor port.... I have an HP
pavilion zt3280us and would like to figure this out.

thanks for any pointers. kind of new at this