How do I make my Powerpoint slide show take up the entire screen?

[leighg]

On my laptop computer, when I show a slideshow, the picture only takes up
part of the screen (I have a new VAIO laptop with a nice wide LCD screen and
I want to use all of it.) The slides are fine in the editor, but the
slideshow only uses about 2/3 of the screen.

 

[leighg]

Thank you Steve!! You have no idea how many people I've contacted who have
not been able to solve my problem. I certainly knew about choosing the
current resolution - but I didn't realize that the Page Setup would affect
the screen.

Just one last question - when I change the Page Setup to my screen size - it
always changes to "Custom" and will not use this setting for "screenshow".
Is there any way to make the new custom setting the default for all screen
shows in the future?

On my laptop computer, when I show a slideshow, the picture only takes up
part of the screen (I have a new VAIO laptop with a nice wide LCD screen and
I want to use all of it.) The slides are fine in the editor, but the
slideshow only uses about 2/3 of the screen.

1) Check SlideShow, Set Up Slideshow, the resolution setting. It should be
[Use Current Resolution]

2) If your computer's screen is wider than the usual 4:3 ratio, you'll need to
set the File, Page Setup, Slide Size in PPT to something proportional to your
laptop's screen size.

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Steve Rindsberg, PPT MVP
PPT FAQ: www.pptfaq.com
PPTools: www.pptools.com
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[leighg]

Thank you Steve - this was very helpful. Just one more question - when I
change the File...Page Setup settings it saves it as "custom". Is there any
way to make this custom setting the default for all slideshows on this laptop?

On my laptop computer, when I show a slideshow, the picture only takes up
part of the screen (I have a new VAIO laptop with a nice wide LCD screen and
I want to use all of it.) The slides are fine in the editor, but the
slideshow only uses about 2/3 of the screen.

1) Check SlideShow, Set Up Slideshow, the resolution setting. It should be
[Use Current Resolution]

2) If your computer's screen is wider than the usual 4:3 ratio, you'll need to
set the File, Page Setup, Slide Size in PPT to something proportional to your
laptop's screen size.

-----------------------------------------
Steve Rindsberg, PPT MVP
PPT FAQ: www.pptfaq.com
PPTools: www.pptools.com
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