Formatting to 16x9

[Guest]

Does anybody know how to format powerpoint to fit on a 16x9 screen. I have
some old presentations that I need to show on our new 16x9 screen but they
dont fit on the screen.

Thank you in advance
Art

 

[Guest]

Go to File / Page Setup
Enter 16 for Width and 9 for Height.....done.

...........................TD

 

[Austin Myers]

Art,

Does your video card have the 16:9 ratio output capability? If not then
there is little you can do.


Austin Myers
MS PowerPoint MVP Team

Solutions to Multimedia in PowerPoint www.pfcmedia.com

 

[Guest]

Most, if not all wide screen systems today are 16:10. So that makes it
easier to use the driver or another component in your sigmal flow to scale
the image as needed. You can also use settings in most projectors and large
Plasma and LCD displays to scale an input signal. Bottom line.......you can
output a 16:9 slide with anything. It will just be letter boxed on a 4:3
system but you can compensate in a number of ways depending on the setup
used. If your screen format is 16:9 the black bars (letter box) won't be on
the screen anyway.

..............TD

 

[Austin Myers]

It will just be letter boxed on a 4:3 system but you can compensate in a
number of ways depending on the setup used.

I believe that is exactly what the user wanted to avoid. Yes there are
systems that allow the you to stretch the image, but most people find the
distortion to be undesirable.


Austin Myers
MS PowerPoint MVP Team

Solutions to Multimedia in PowerPoint www.pfcmedia.com

 

[Guest]

Stretching does not imply distorting. There are ways to achieve the desired
outcome with or without other equipment. If the target is a 16:9 screen
surface and the source is 4:3 showing a 16:9 slide the letter box will fall
off of the screen leaving only the slide in the target area. Otherwise,
basic graphics processing units and many video switchers can scale, crop, and
resize signals without distortion. It would help to know what equipment the
poster has to work with. Output to wide plasma and LCD displays can be
manipulated distortion free as well. It just depends on what you have to
work with.

.....................TD

 

[Austin Myers]

To be honest I've seen manufactures make this claim, I've yet to see it work
as claimed. <g>


Austin Myers
MS PowerPoint MVP Team

Solutions to Multimedia in PowerPoint www.pfcmedia.com

 

[Guest]

Yeah.....I think the manufacturers make it seem too complicated. To me, it's
just math. I will be at Infocomm (www.infocomm.org) next week talking with
manufacturers, rental and staging folks, and technology managers about this
very topic. I'm tired of seeing distorted content being accepted by the
masses and sometimes having to jump through hoops getting images to "fit."

.................TD

 

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Ping me off newsgroup - unknot my email to get the real one if you don't
have it anymore. I'm wanting to know if we can connect in Vegas next week at
InfoComm.

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