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From: jpforestier on 6 Feb 2010 11:44 Have a look to the slide's dimensions so it fits the ratio y're talking about "John Woram" <JohnWoram(a)discussions.microsoft.com> a �crit dans le message de news: CA57A25C-AE58-43BB-A821-12A24A5ED6DC(a)microsoft.com... >> What do you expect, exactly? Maybe there's some way to bend PPT to your > will. ;-) > I was expecting PP to behave exactly like every other application that I > know of (for image display, that is). If I insert a 1024 x 768 image, it > should be inserted at those dimensions, NOT shrunk to something smaller. > > If you want each image to fill the frame, you can do a couple of things > easily enough: Drag the image up/left until its upper left corner snaps to > the upper left corner of the slide, then ... > > Yes, that's what I've been doing. But as mentioned above, I was hunting > for > a way to persuade PP to just insert each image at its own size -- NOT > shrink > it so that I have to resize it, just to get it back to its original > dimensions. To me, that seems reasonable enough. I mean, if I go to the > trouble to create an image that's, say, 1024 x 768 (or whatever), why does > PP > assume that what I really want is something smaller than that? > > Anyway, I'll try the PPTolls add-in > > Thanks again, > John
From: Steve Rindsberg on 6 Feb 2010 12:03 In article <CA57A25C-AE58-43BB-A821-12A24A5ED6DC(a)microsoft.com>, John Woram wrote: > > What do you expect, exactly? Maybe there's some way to bend PPT to your > will. ;-) > I was expecting PP to behave exactly like every other application that I > know of (for image display, that is). If I insert a 1024 x 768 image, it > should be inserted at those dimensions, NOT shrunk to something smaller. PowerPoint doesn't work in pixels, since it may show slides at different number of pixels in slide show view, depending on your display settings. If you choose an image format that can store your desired dimensions (TIFF for example) and set the dimensions to match your slide size in PPT, then PPT should respect that setting when it imports the image ... but again, you work in inches (or cm if you're in a country with sensible standards). Not pixels. > If you want each image to fill the frame, you can do a couple of things > easily enough: Drag the image up/left until its upper left corner snaps to > the upper left corner of the slide, then ... > > Yes, that's what I've been doing. But as mentioned above, I was hunting for > a way to persuade PP to just insert each image at its own size -- NOT shrink > it so that I have to resize it, just to get it back to its original > dimensions. To me, that seems reasonable enough. I mean, if I go to the > trouble to create an image that's, say, 1024 x 768 (or whatever), why does PP > assume that what I really want is something smaller than that? > > Anyway, I'll try the PPTolls add-in > > Thanks again, > John ============================== PPT Frequently Asked Questions http://www.pptfaq.com/ PPTools add-ins for PowerPoint http://www.pptools.com/
From: John Woram on 7 Feb 2010 09:41 "Steve Rindsberg" wrote: > PowerPoint doesn't work in pixels, since it may show slides at different number > of pixels in slide show view, depending on your display settings. That's something I'm still trying to work out in my mind. If I'm configured for a 1024 x 768 projector, and my PP workspace shows a 1024 x 768 area, seems to me that physical dimensions in inches or cm are meaningless. How wide is the workspace image? -- or the projected image? In both cases, who knows? -- it depends on my current monitor, and later on the projection distance, etc. So to me, the size of an image in the work area should be given in pixels, and a 512-pixel wide image should occupy half the width of a 1024-pixel work area. The image should not be reduced to some seemingly arbitrary width by PP. But I guess I'm just not familiar enough with PP's ways. In Photoshop, I create an image to occupy a certain amount of space on the PP slide. Then I insert the image on the slide, and it occupies a smaller amount of space. To the newbie, that's confusing.
From: Steve Rindsberg on 7 Feb 2010 14:45 In article <C486A433-FA37-4DF4-95CE-04C5B93C1850(a)microsoft.com>, John Woram wrote: > "Steve Rindsberg" wrote: > > > PowerPoint doesn't work in pixels, since it may show slides at different number > > of pixels in slide show view, depending on your display settings. > > That's something I'm still trying to work out in my mind. If I'm configured > for a 1024 x 768 projector, and my PP workspace shows a 1024 x 768 area, It does that only in slideshow mode, not in edit mode. > seems to me that physical dimensions in inches or cm are meaningless. How > wide is the workspace image? As far as PowerPoint is concerned, it's however wide the slide is, in inches/cm. Keep in mind that you might make the PPT window full screen on your 1024x768 display, in which case it's not a 1024x768 area because there are toolbars/menus and so forth taking up space. Or you might make the PPT window smaller than full screen. >> -- or the projected image? The projected image is usually whatever your current WINDOWS display resolution is set to. In pixels. > In both cases, who > knows? -- it depends on my current monitor, and later on the projection > distance, etc. Not on the projection distance ... the resolution in pixels is constant. The size in inches varies of course. PPT doesn't know or care about that. > So to me, the size of an image in the work area should be given in pixels, > and a 512-pixel wide image should occupy half the width of a 1024-pixel work > area. The image should not be reduced to some seemingly arbitrary width by > PP. In some cases, that'd be useful. But it simply doesn't work that way. > > But I guess I'm just not familiar enough with PP's ways. In Photoshop, I > create an image to occupy a certain amount of space on the PP slide. Then I > insert the image on the slide, and it occupies a smaller amount of space. To > the newbie, that's confusing. Grab a handle, make it bigger. Assume you're smarter than the computer and 99% of the time, you'll be right. ;-) ============================== PPT Frequently Asked Questions http://www.pptfaq.com/ PPTools add-ins for PowerPoint http://www.pptools.com/
From: John Woram on 9 Feb 2010 09:19
"Steve Rindsberg" wrote: > So to me, the size of an image in the work area should be given in pixels, > and a 512-pixel wide image should occupy half the width of a 1024-pixel work > area. The image should not be reduced to some seemingly arbitrary width by > PP. In some cases, that'd be useful. But it simply doesn't work that way. So I noticed<g>, and give me another month or two and I'll get this all figured out. I thought that, having set my resolution to 1024 x 768, the white rectangle in the work area would represent that amount of space. But it turns out that the area is only 960 x 720 -- ie, about 93% of my target resolution. So, if I create an image that is 960 x 720 or less (in Photoshop, or whatever), that image is inserted at its actual size. But if the image is, say 1024 x 768, it's inserted at a reduced size; 67% in my case. Why these seemingly arbitrary size changes? I have no clue, but at least now I know what to do to create a full-screen image. |