When designing presentations in PowerPoint, by default these will be designed for traditional monitors and projection screens at a 4:3 ratio (fairly square). It remembers this on whatever PC you show it on, which means when displayed on a 16:9 or 16:10 widescreen, it may appear smaller to maintain it's shape and particularly on Flatscreen displays or widscreen PC monitors you may get black vertical bars on either side. If you wish to change your presentation for widescreen use, there are a couple of options to try:
- If you want to physically change the aspect ratio, go to the Design tab in the ribbon and press the Page Setup Button, you’ll be able to get to the options:
In the Health academy centres the 3 aspect ratios we support are 4:3, 16:9 and 16:10. These can be broken down as:
4:3
16:9
16:10
Flat Lecture Rooms
1 & 2
Lecture Hall RPH
(all screens)
Lecture Hall CDH
Projection Screen
Seminar Rooms
2, 3, 7, 9, 15, 16, A1 & A2
Seminar Rooms
4, 5, 6, 11, 17, C & D
Lecture Room 3
Main Projection Screen
Clinical Skills Labs
2 & 5
Clinical Skills Labs
A/B
Moving & Handling/Resus Training Room CDH
Meeting Rooms
1, 2 & J
Resus Suites
1B, 1C and 1D
Lecture Room 3
55” Flatscreen
Please note that by changing the presentation's Aspect Ratio, PowerPoint will squash or stretch any images and shapes to accommodate the change in size. -
If you would like to simply display the presentation in a different size without editing the size/position of anything, this can be done using the Resolution menu in the Slide Show tab:
For a good guide to resolutions (might be good for Display Screen checks) can be found in the chart attached to this email. If you need to check the size of a screen, the inventively named whatismyscreenresolution.net can help (open in Google Chrome, maximised , and if you move it onto a different screen, refresh the page to update the results).