Why does my Powerpoint shows have vertical side bars?

[AH]

I have a new Dell Latitude X1 ultrathin laptop. All applications use the
entire screen except PowerPoint presentations.

How do I get PowerPoint to show the full screen?

 

[John Wilson]

Go to "slide show" > "set up show".
Check that" browsed by a speaker (full screen)" is ticked. Sounds like you
have "browsed by an individual (window) checked at present.
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[mckeown55]

Go to "slide show" > "set up show".
Check that" browsed by a speaker (full screen)" is ticked. Sounds like you
have "browsed by an individual (window) checked at present.

 

[Echo S]

I have a new Dell Latitude X1 ultrathin laptop. All applications use the
entire screen except PowerPoint presentations.

How do I get PowerPoint to show the full screen?

I'm guessing you have a wide-screen display. The PPT file is being displayed
at its proper proportion so things don't stretch on the screen.

Basically, it's like letter boxing, but it's on the sides instead of the top
and bottom.

In Slide Show|Set up Show, there's a slide show resolution option there. Is
it set to something different than your monitor resolution? If so, they're
probably different proportions.

 

[AH]

John,
Thanks for your reply. Unfortunately, I already have that box checked and
it's still not showing on the full screen. Any other ideas?

Andre'

 

[Bill Dilworth]

Just to echo what .. umm ... Echo said...

If you have a wide screen (16:9 aspect ratio) and have a slide shoe set to
normal (10" x 7.5" or 4:3) than the extra space is left blank to avoid
cutting off part of the screen or stretching the slide out of proportions.
Create a new presentation and change the slide size to 16" by 9" (on the
page set-up dialog) and see if it fills your laptop screen.

It is very important to factor this into your set-up if you will be making
this presentation for distribution or for showing on a projector, since the
standard is still 4:3 for these.


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