My first effort running powepoint 2002. 40 slide program show pictures scrunched up vertical and therefore not to scale. I have tried sync and tracking with no improvement. I have tried all resolutions with the same result. Pictures show fine in program mode but slide show changes proportions. Any suggestions appreciated. I am steep into the learning curve. Thanks
I'm not sure I totally follow your post James.....but when you write "40 slide program show pictures scrunched up vertical and therefore not to scale. I have tried sync and tracking with no improvement."
Are you running the slide show on a television monitor or off a PC? Is the PowerPoint presentation running as a PPT file or off a DVD or other hard copy format media?
I ask James as I wonder what you mean by " I have tried sync and tracking with no improvement."
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Thanks for your reply. I am running from a laptop thru an Epson projector. On my laptop the pictures display corrcectly in basically a rectangular format. Thru the projector they display "squarish" and therefore effectively cropped. That's my problem.
sounds to me that this is very much a resolution issue.
Your Epson projector most likely is set to a different aspect ratio than your PC.
If you right click your desktop the dialogue properties box displays. click the tab that says "Settings". The display settings for your monitor (pc screen) is most likely set to either 1024 x 768 or 1280 x 1024 if your laptop or pc is running in 4:3 aspect ratio.
It may well be that your projector is set in 16:9 (widescreen mode) and so is running in for example 1280 x 768 etc.,
This will create problems such as "squashing" and those issues you describe James because of the different apsect ratios being used.
The aspect ration of your PC needs to be set to the same as that of your projector. (Since it is projectors which have greater limitation and less flexibility)
View the various output settings of your projector and select the highest output setting. Typically it is 1024 x 768 for older projectors and 1280 x 1024 for newer ones. If your projector is a widescreen projector and your PC has a widescreen monitor set both to the same resolution.
If your laptop or PC is in widescreen moed but your projector is 4:3 apsect ratio then adjust your screen display properties to the same size as the projector. It may look "strange" on your laptop but if your laptop screen is a widescreen and your projector is not then you must set your laptop screen to a 4:3 mode (1024 x 768 or 1280 x 1024 for example) in order to ensure that what you are seeing on your laptop is what you will see on your projector.
From your further explanation James, it's almost certain that your laptop/ pc and your projector are not in the same aspect ration and so what looks good on your pc (as you author it) becomes distorted and squashed or stretched on your projector as it displays the signal in a differing aspect ration.
As I say James check the output settings of your projector first then adjust your pc accordingly to it. You will almost certainly have to adjust / scale various objects in your presentation in order to have them display correctly in the new aspect ratio setting but since this is determined by your projector, unfortunately this you must do unless you wish to purchase a new proejctor that can match your aspect ratio dispaly settings of your current pc setup.
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Total newbie slide presentation problem
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