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Mac Forum / Applications / PowerPoint / April 2006How to increase the zoom settings in slide sorter to over 100%
When reviewing slides in the PowerPoint slide sorter the maximum zoom setting is 100% and that is still way too small to have a good view of what you're actually sorting. Is there any way to bump up the size a bit more? As it is I can't even make out the titles of my slides on my Powerbook screen, so it doesn't really help me review my presentations (usually 50+ charts). From my Windows days I recall it worked really well there, but on my Mac it's just a lot of smalll fuzzy print. Any help will be greatly appreciated! Hi Frederic, I'm not positive but I'm pretty sure the limitation on the zoom control in slide sorter view is the same for Mac and Windows (Steve - are you there?...) I agree that it would be nice to have a higher limit. I've been contemplating making an add-in that would make thumbnails of each slide sorta like slide sorter view, but bigger. Not much time to do that, unfortunately. -Jim Gordon Mac MVP > When reviewing slides in the PowerPoint slide sorter the maximum zoom > setting is 100% and that is still way too small to have a good view of [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > well there, but on my Mac it's just a lot of smalll fuzzy print. Any > help will be greatly appreciated! Hi Jim, Yes, you're right, the limit is also 100% for Windows but somehow the individual slides come up much bigger than on my Mac. I guess - but just guess - that it has to do with the screen; my 15 inch Mac screen fits more slides on it than my old square pc screen. It looks better but it's extremely annoying if you can't make out what you want to sort. That add-in of yours sounds great...days are getting longer now with summer coming up so maybe you can squeeze in that extra hour! Thanks Frederic > Hi Jim, > > Yes, you're right, the limit is also 100% for Windows but somehow the > individual slides come up much bigger than on my Mac. I guess - but > just guess - that it has to do with the screen; my 15 inch Mac screen > fits more slides on it than my old square pc screen. It's probably not so much the size of the screen (at least not directly) but the current video resolution. The higher the resolution in Windows, the more slides you get per row in the slide sorter (so the smaller each slide). Probably the same on Mac. You could try a lower resolution for giggles. It looks better > but it's extremely annoying if you can't make out what you want to > sort. That add-in of yours sounds great...days are getting longer now > with summer coming up so maybe you can squeeze in that extra hour! > Thanks > Frederic ================================================ Steve Rindsberg, PPT MVP PPT FAQ: www.pptfaq.com PPTools: www.pptools.com ================================================ > Hi Frederic, > > I'm not positive but I'm pretty sure the limitation on the zoom control > in slide sorter view is the same for Mac and Windows (Steve - are you > there?...) Ayup. The windows versions go to 400% in slide view, 100% in slide sorter view. One totally unlikely=seeming trick: Go to File, Page Setup. Double both of the slide dimensions. Where once you got maybe four slides per row, you now have two, each commensurately larger. Don't forget to change the page size back afterwards. > I agree that it would be nice to have a higher limit. > [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] > > well there, but on my Mac it's just a lot of smalll fuzzy print. Any > > help will be greatly appreciated! ================================================ Steve Rindsberg, PPT MVP PPT FAQ: www.pptfaq.com PPTools: www.pptools.com ================================================ Hi Steve, Super!! This really works. At last I can organize my presentations without killing my eyes. It's so simple and useful I could imagine a little menu item doing exactly that in some near future. An outstanding tip. Thanks Frederic > > Hi Frederic, > > [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > Go to File, Page Setup. Double both of the slide dimensions. Where once you > got maybe four slides per row, you now have two, each commensurately larger. Great tip! Never would have thought of that myself. > Great tip! Never would have thought of that myself. Heck, I didn't even believe it the first time somebody told me about it. I wish I remembered who that was ... credit where credit's due. |
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