Rotating Entire Presentation

Thread view:

Enable EMail Alerts

Start New Thread

Thread rating:

Master - 26 Mar 2008 13:36 GMT

I am trying to change a presentation so that all slides are at 90 degrees.
This is because I am going to show the presentation on a 32" LCD screen at a
trade show, but want the screen to be mounted sideways (tall) instead of in
its normal (wide) orientation. I can modify individual graphics and insert
them this way, but that doesn't do anything for the background templates. I
think it would be best if I could somehow just rotate the whole presentation
90 degrees.
Thoughts? Comments?
Barring this (if it can't be done), can I edit a custom template so it is at
90 degrees and then start building the presentation from scratch with
everything inserted at 90 degrees? More of a pain, but I'd take this option
if I had to.

Reply to this Message

TAJ Simmons - 26 Mar 2008 14:28 GMT

Master.

This is your best bet....

> Barring this (if it can't be done), can I edit a custom template so it is
> at
> 90 degrees and then start building the presentation from scratch with
> everything inserted at 90 degrees? More of a pain, but I'd take this
> option
> if I had to.

It can be a pain creating things sideways... but you can guarantee that it
will work once connected to your 'tall' screen.

cheers
TAJ Simmons
Microsoft Powerpoint MVP

http://www.awesomebackgrounds.com
awesome - powerpoint templates,
powerpoint backgrounds, free samples, ppt tutorials...

>I am trying to change a presentation so that all slides are at 90 degrees.
> This is because I am going to show the presentation on a 32" LCD screen at
[quoted text clipped - 15 lines]
> option
> if I had to.

Reply to this Message

Master - 26 Mar 2008 14:32 GMT

Thanks for the quick response. Good to know which way to approach the problem.

Now, how would I rotate the template? This is the part I'm going to have
trouble with.

Reply to this Message

Master - 26 Mar 2008 15:54 GMT

Also, if I try to group everything so I can rotate it, it won't group text
with images. What gives? You would think that this would be a no-brainer for
whomever wrote the software for this program. Someone wants to rotate
EVERYTHING, then you'd want to be able to group EVERYTHING, text, images, etc.
This program is rather frustrating. Every work-around seems fraught with
more obsticals...

Reply to this Message

John Wilson - 26 Mar 2008 16:55 GMT

Also you CAN group text with images. You can't group PLACEHOLDERS with
images. Try cutting the text placeholders and pasting them back onto a blank
slide. They should now group.

Signature

Amazing PPT Hints, Tips and Tutorials

http://www.PPTAlchemy.co.uk
http://www.technologytrish.co.uk
email john AT technologytrish.co.uk

> Also, if I try to group everything so I can rotate it, it won't group text
> with images. What gives? You would think that this would be a no-brainer for
> whomever wrote the software for this program. Someone wants to rotate
> EVERYTHING, then you'd want to be able to group EVERYTHING, text, images, etc.
> This program is rather frustrating. Every work-around seems fraught with
> more obsticals...

Reply to this Message

Steve Rindsberg - 26 Mar 2008 16:38 GMT

> I am trying to change a presentation so that all slides are at 90 degrees.
> This is because I am going to show the presentation on a 32" LCD screen at a
[quoted text clipped - 8 lines]
> everything inserted at 90 degrees? More of a pain, but I'd take this option
> if I had to.

Look back a bit; there's a recent discussion about how to flip slides for
display as a teleprompter. John Wilson posted some example code to automate
that. With a few mods, it should be able to rotate the images 90 degrees
instead.

-----------------------------------------
Steve Rindsberg, PPT MVP
PPT FAQ: www.pptfaq.com
PPTools: www.pptools.com
================================================

Reply to this Message

Rate this thread: