Prob? File built then played with different rez?

[c mateland]

A user commented to me that a ppt file I created that he opens on his
machine resizes the screen to 1024x768 and his people may be using
settings much higher than that.

My machine was set to 1024x768 when I created the file, but I've never
heard of that being a problem for anyone in the past, and I'm sure many
people had differing settings then when they opened them.

Can someone help me understand what adverse effect this user might be
experiencing and how it can be solved? I plan to speak with him
direcly, but he's unavailable for a few weeks and I'd like to research
it now.

Thanks,
Chuck

 

[c mateland]

A user commented to me that a ppt file I created that he opens on his
machine resizes the screen to 1024x768 and his people may be using
settings much higher than that.

If this happens when he opens the presentation as a slide show rather than in
normal view, then check the Slide Show Setup, Slide Show Resolution settings.
It should be set at [Use Current Resolution] rather than a specific value

Thanks, Steve. The file is set to Use Current Resolution. I'm not sure
what his complaint is. I'll have to speak with him and get details of
what problem he sees. I just can't imagine resolution causing a
difference. It all plays as one size anyway, right?

 

[c mateland]

A user commented to me that a ppt file I created that he opens on his
machine resizes the screen to 1024x768 and his people may be using
settings much higher than that.

If this happens when he opens the presentation as a slide show rather than in
normal view, then check the Slide Show Setup, Slide Show Resolution settings.
It should be set at [Use Current Resolution] rather than a specific value

Thanks, Steve. The file is set to Use Current Resolution. I'm not sure
what his complaint is. I'll have to speak with him and get details of
what problem he sees. I just can't imagine resolution causing a
difference. It all plays as one size anyway, right?

If it's set to full screen in Slide Show, Set Up Show (check that one too, eh?) it
should fill the screen with your presentation, no matter what the current
resolution is, unless your presentation's set to some odd slide size that doesn't
match the screen proportions. Or ... and do we have a light bulb here? ... if the
slide show's set to normal 4:3 proportions but the user's got a widescreen
display, hey hey.

Full screen, check. I thought about the newer widescreen layouts, too,
but if that's his complaint I'm not too concerned. That's not the
standard issue around here and he'll have to deal with it if he made
that choice. Or he can book me to build a special file for that size,
maybe.

I'll let you know what I find out from him directly. Thanks for your
thoughts.

-Chuck