Tuesday, May 8, 2012

PowerPoint slide shows for wider screens.

According to recent statistics at http://www.screenresolution.org/year-2012/, compared to 2011, significant number of people are on screen resolutions above 1024.
Around 14% use screen width of 1366, 22% use screen width of 1280 and 16% use screen width of 1024.

When prototyping and designing a mockup for new websites, if you are using PowerPoint, a hidden feature in it is the ability to setup the page size so that the slides occupy the full screen width. You can access this feature by going to Design Tab and selecting Page Setup. By default, the slides are sized for 4:3 display size which works great for 1024 x 768 screen resolution. However, if you are preparing a presentation or storyboard for a wide screen device, change the resolution accordingly. On my 1366 x 768 screen size, I prefer to go with 16:9. 

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