Aug 15, 2018 - A quick tutorial on how to change PowerPoint slide sizes along with tips and tricks. Widescreen is the default in most versions of PowerPoint. Okay, so when you open PowerPoint and start a new presentation, your slide size is set to the default which is 10 inches by 7.5 inches. This is also 1024 x 768 pixels at 96dpi. There are ways to widen the slide, make it smaller, and customize the dimensions to fit exactly what you’re looking for.
Last updated: January 9, 2017 Learning how to change the size of a Powerpoint slide is a useful thing to know if you use Powerpoint with some regularity. Typically the size of Powerpoint slides is dictated by the default page size set for the program.
In some parts of the worlds this is going to be “Letter,” while in other places it may be “A4.” This makes it a simple process to print the presentations if needed. But if your presentation needs to be printed on a different size of paper, then you may be looking for a way to change the page size in Powerpoint 2010. Fortunately this is an adjustable setting in the program, although it may be slightly different than making the similar change in Microsoft Word or Excel. Our tutorial below will show you the menu that you need to work with in order to change your page size. How to Change the Size of a Powerpoint Slide in Powerpoint 2010 The steps in this article are specifically going to adjust the page size for your Powerpoint presentation. Depending upon the aspect ratio of your new slide, the layout of the slide on the screen may not appear to change very much.
However, when you check the presentation in Print Preview, you will see the size relative to the type of paper on which it will print. Note that you may need to manually adjust the type of paper that you print on, as Powerpoint may not automatically adjust that setting. Step 1: Open your presentation in Powerpoint 2010.
Step 2: Click the Design tab at the top of the window. Step 3: Click the Page Setup button in the Page Setup section of the Office ribbon.
Step 4: Click the drop-down menu under Slides sized for and select one of the options, or enter your own values into the Width and Height fields. You can also adjust the settings for the starting page number, as well as the page orientation for the slides and notes. Click the OK button when you are happy with the settings. Powerpoint 2010 will do its best to re-position existing slide content within the layout of the new slides. However, if you are re-sizing slides for an existing Powerpoint presentation, you will want to go through it to make sure that all of the slides still look correct. Summary – How to change the size of a Powerpoint slide in Powerpoint 2010 by adjusting the page size.
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Click the Design tab. Click the Page Setup button. Click the Slides sized for dropdown menu and choose an option, or manually enter the size in the Width and Height fields. Click the OK button.
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We explored and complained about how has made aspect ratio for new presentations. Although you can change all these new presentations from quite easily, it can be a pain to remember doing so each time you create a new presentation! Of course, if you are happy with 16:9 slides, then you need not read the rest of this tutorial, for everyone else, we'll show how you can set your default aspect ratio to standard (4:3):. Launch PowerPoint 2016, you will see the, as shown in Figure 1.
Click the Blank Presentation Theme (highlighted in red within Figure 1). Figure 1: Blank Presentation Theme selected within Presentation Gallery. You will see a new widescreen slide in a new presentation, as shown in Figure 2. Figure 2: Blank Presentation opened with a widescreen slide. Next, modify the presentation's aspect ratio from Widescreen to Standard, as explained in our tutorial. You can see the resultant Standard (4:3) aspect ratio slide in Figure 3. Figure 3: Slide changed to the standard (4:3) aspect ratio.
Now, access the Design tab of the. Within the Themes group, click the More button, as shown highlighted in red within Figure 3, above. This brings up the Themes gallery, as shown in Figure 4.
Within this gallery, select the Save Current Theme option (highlighted in red within Figure 4). Figure 4: Save Current Theme option to be selected.
This brings up the Save Current Theme dialog box, as shown in Figure 5. Don't change the save location since PowerPoint chooses the default save location for you. Just provide a new name for the Theme, and click the Save button (highlighted in red within Figure 5). Figure 5: Save Current Theme dialog box. Now, access the Themes gallery again, notice that a new Custom section (highlighted in red within Figure 6) has been added within the Themes gallery.
Within this section, you will find the new Theme you saved in the preceding step (highlighted in blue within Figure 6). Figure 6: New Custom section comprises the new Themes. Right-click this new Theme.
This brings up the context menu shown in Figure 7. Within this context menu, select the Set as Default Theme option, highlighted in red within Figure 7. Figure 7: Set as Default Theme option to be selected. You can now shut PowerPoint, do not save the single Standard aspect ratio slide file if prompted. Launch PowerPoint 2016 again, you will see that the Presentation Gallery now includes your new Custom Theme in the top left position, as shown highlighted in red within Figure 8 (compare with Figure 1). Even though the thumbnail shows a 16:9 slide, don't worry, this is a 4:3 Theme, as you will see in the next step. Figure 8: Custom theme within the Presentation gallery.
Since this new Theme has an aspect ratio of 4:3, clicking the Theme's thumbnail will open a new presentation with a slide of Standard (4:3) aspect ratio, as shown in Figure 9. Figure 9: New presentation created with new 4:3 slide See Also: You May Also Like: Popular Posts. Handmade Slides: Pushpins for PowerPoint These “pushpin” graphics are already placed in PowerPoint slides. Just copy them and paste within your slides to create a look that makes a picture, shape, or anything else appear as if it has been pushed onto a surface, board, or wall with a pin! These ready-made pushpins are already within PowerPoint slides, and have been provided in five colors. Just copy them and paste them on your slides. This is the original page.
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