Plasma screen - vertical orientation

[Guest]

I need to hang my plasma screen vertically for an upcoming tradeshow. How
would I develop my PowerPoint presentation without having to create it
"sideways?"

 

[TAJ Simmons]

I think you will have no choice but to develop your presentation (on it's side). Because although you can set the page
size in powerpoint to be portrait or landscape....at the end of the day the connection to the plasma screen is just
going to replicate what is on your screen.

some further reading...
Make screenshow fill a wide screen display
http://www.rdpslides.com/pptfaq/FAQ00566.htm

A Multiple Monitor Tutorial by PowerPoint MVP Chirag Dalal
http://www.rdpslides.com/pptfaq/FAQ00476.htm



Cheers
TAJ Simmons
microsoft powerpoint mvp

awesome - powerpoint backgrounds,
free powerpoint templates, tutorials, hints and tips etc
http://www.powerpointbackgrounds.com

 

[Mike M.]

We use a product called Pivot Pro to rotate everything on our plasma for us.
You can design and test your presentation in normal mode (with correct page
settings) and then rotate the computer with a couple of key strokes.
http://personalcomputing.portrait.com/us/products/pp_overview.html

I think you will have no choice but to develop your presentation (on it's

side). Because although you can set the page

size in powerpoint to be portrait or landscape....at the end of the day

the connection to the plasma screen is just

 

[TAJ Simmons]

Mike,

Surely if you design your presentation landscape

and then rotate it to portrait everything will either be on its side (through 90 degrees)

or severely squished/distorted ??

TAJ

 

[Mike M.]

We set the page size so it is tall and skinny (portrait) when viewing on a
monitor in landscape mode. Then when it is rotated all is well. We do this
for all sizes of displays from 19" LCDs all the way to 61" plasmas.