Wow, I don't know. I'm messing around with three blank PPT files
here, and no matter what size I set the slide to in File/Page Setup,
the handout size is the same here -- 8.5 x 11 with a 1-inch margin,
so it's showing as 7.5 x
10. If I draw a box, it fits the same on all the handout masters.
Ahhh, but if I go to File/Print and hit the Properties button next
to the selected printer, I can change the page size there, hit
Cancel on the print dialog after doing so, and it's reflected in the
handout master page setup.
So you might want to see what's set up for each file under
File/Print. It may be that the setting in Tools/Options/Print has
the file using the previous print settings, and they're all a little
different for each file?
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Echo [MS PPT MVP]
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Marie wrote:
In "Handout Master" view, with the gridlines turned on, the size of
one master according to the 1" gridlines is 10.5" x 8", which I
confirmed by drawing a box the size of the paper. In another master,
the gridlines give a size of 10 x 7.5, which was really 10.06 x 7.5
when I drew a box. The masters are not the same size.
The Page Setup... addresses the size of the slides, not the size of
the Handout Master. I can't find a place to adjust the Handout
Master size and have always wondered why it wasn't set to be 8.5 x
11. Thanks!
:
Hm. When you say "the guidelines tell me the paper is a different
size," do you mean that when you click one of the guidelines and
move it to the edge of the slide, it gives a different value than
in another presentation?
Oh, here's a thought -- what's the default text size in each of the
files? If you click the textbox icon, click on the slide, and start
typing, what size is the font?
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Echo [MS PPT MVP]
http://www.echosvoice.com
Marie wrote:
Reasonable question, but I routinely set all the files to the
same % before I cut and paste because I know PPT isn't a WYSIWYG.
The guidelines tell me the paper is a different size, but I can't
find any setting that accounts for the difference. I didn't
create all the files and most have been "Saved As..." a number of
times. Thanks!
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Marie wrote:
In both PPT '97 and 2003, I've had a recurring problem when I
cut and paste from one handout master into another handout
master. I work with multiple presentations that become chapters
in a book. When pasting header, footer or other objects from
one chapter master to another, sometimes the paste is smaller
or larger in the next chapter. When I add gridlines, I can see
the difference in page size, but can't determine where to
change it so they are all the same. I've checked Page Setup...,
Header and Footer..., and Handout Master Layout and never seen
a difference in settings. In the Print tab under Options, "Use
the following print settings:/"Scale to fit paper" is NEVER
checked off. Has anyone had this problem? What's the solution?
Are you sure it doesn't just look different on the screen because
you're viewing at a different zoom percentage?
I know that sounds like a stupid question, but if the page setup
and master layout and all that are the same, I'm thinking it may
just be a view issue. I know text often looks different here when
I paste it; it's because I have the notes panel open at the
bottom of normal view on one file, but closed on another, so I'm
not really viewing the two files at the same size.