Mix of Landscape & Portrait

[Wayne G. Dengel]

Please, is there a way to mix portrait-positioned and landscape-positioned
sheets in the same file? (as can be done in Word, i.e. there using the
appropriate section change page break ). Under Page Setup, changing one
changes all.

Regards,
Wayne

 

[Bill Dilworth]

Hi Wayne,

Think of a presentation as a bound book that has had the back cover glued to
the table. The book can be glued upright or sideways, but is set in place
once glued. Like this book, once set, the presentation can not change its
orientation

"Why would they do that?" you might ask. And the answer lies in what
PowerPoint is. PowerPoint was designed as a presentation software
application for running presentations from a projector. The projector can
not change its orientation during a presentation, so why should the
software? (Although it would be interesting to watch a projector turn
itself on it side. LOL)

Now, like in the glued down book, just because the page is wider than it is
high, does not mean that you have to completely fill each page with the
portrait oriented picture. Many paper book pages will feature a picture
that does not fill the page completely. You can add the picture and fill
the height of the slide and leave some areas un-filled (contrary to popular
belief, this is not a crime), or you can crop the image top and/or bottom to
fill the width.

But all is not lost, Wayne. There are work arounds you can use, if there is
an absolute need for mixing orientations. Please see this FAQ for more
details:
Mix Portrait and Landscape slides in a presentation
http://www.rdpslides.com/pptfaq/FAQ00042.htm

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[Sonia]

Also see
http://www.soniacoleman.com/Tutorials/PowerPoint/portrait_vs_landscape.htm

 

[Wayne G. Dengel]

Understood and a Thank You to Sonia and Bill.

The use of PowerPoint as a tool for the projection of stuff is of course,
the root. I (mis)use PowerPoint for its incredible ability to generate
drawings with text notations as needed, a habit I picked up while in the
intel business. I suppose I got off on the wrong foot using ppt vs a cad
package. ppt files do everything I need for the generation of paper-based
documents. Squeezing a portrait image within the confines of a
landscape-placed page is just that, squeezing.

Appreciative of the links, I send you
Best Regards,
Wayne

'The Gutenberg galaxy is being eclipsed by the constellation of Marconi.'

 

[Sonia]

That makes sense then. As both links mention, it makes sense for creating
printed documents. You ought to treat yourself to a "real" application for your
needs though. PowerPoint is so limited in it's drawing capabilities and ease.