Change the size of a PowerPoint slide by choosing one of the three options available on your Mac. Standard (4:3) – click on this option if you want slides of 10 x 7.5 inches or 25.4 x 19.05 cm. Widescreen (16:9) – clicking on this setting gets you slides of 13.33 x 7.5 inches or 33.867 x 19.05 cm. How do I change the default template in Powerpoint 2016 I would like my company branded template to be the default each time I load Powerpoint or when I click on the New button. How does one achieve this? PowerPoint 2008 - Mac OS X. Making a PowerPoint into a PDF is easy on the Mac. These instructions were developed with Microsoft PowerPoint for Mac 2008. Click on the 'File' menu, then 'Print.' Tick the box that says 'Scale to Fit Paper.' The preview box will readjust, then click on the PDF dropdown menu (bottom left of Print screen). On-screen Show (16:9) sets the slide dimensions to 10 in x 5.625 in. Widescreen sets it to 13.333 in x 7.5 in. Both of these options are the same aspect ratio so they will look the same in Normal View, since PowerPoint automatically adjusts the zoom level.Widescreen (13.333 in x 7.5 in.) provides more slide surface area for the content, so that is the best choice for presentations.
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PDF files print exactly as they appear on screen, but to ensure top quality, it's important to follow the instructions below. Also, please carefully check the quality of all your figures, etc. before submitting the file. We have instructions available for both Windows and Mac:
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We explored and complained about how PowerPoint 2016 has madewidescreen (16:9) as the default aspect ratio for new presentations.Although you can change all these new presentations fromwidescreen (16:9) to standard (4:3) aspect ratioquite easily, it can be a pain to remember doing so each time you create a new presentation! Of course, if you are happy with 16:9 slides, then youneed not read the rest of this tutorial, for everyone else, we'll show how you can set your default aspect ratio to standard (4:3):
Launch PowerPoint 2016, you will see thePresentation Gallery, as shown inFigure 1. Click the Blank Presentation Theme (highlighted in red withinFigure 1).
Figure 1: Blank Presentation Theme selected within Presentation Gallery
You will see a new widescreen slide in a new presentation, as shown in Figure 2.
Figure 2: Blank Presentation opened with a widescreen slide
Next, modify the presentation's aspect ratio from Widescreen to Standard, as explained in ourChange Presentation Aspect Ratio from Widescreen toStandard tutorial. You can see the resultant Standard (4:3) aspect ratio slide in Figure 3.
Figure 3: Slide changed to the standard (4:3) aspect ratio
Now, access the Design tab of theRibbon. Within the Themes group, clickthe More button, as shown highlighted in red within Figure 3, above.
This brings up the Themes gallery, as shown in Figure 4. Within this gallery, select theSave Current Theme option (highlighted in red within Figure 4).
Figure 4: Save Current Theme option to be selected
This brings up the Save Current Theme dialog box, as shown in Figure 5. Don't change the save location sincePowerPoint chooses the default save location for you. Just provide a new name for the Theme, and click the Save button (highlightedin red within Figure 5).
Figure 5: Save Current Theme dialog box
Now, access the Themes gallery again, notice that a new Custom section (highlighted inred within Figure 6) has been added within the Themes gallery. Within this section,you will find the new Theme you saved in the preceding step (highlighted in blue within Figure 6).
Figure 6: New Custom section comprises the new Themes
Right-click this new Theme. This brings up the context menu shown in Figure 7. Within this context menu, select theSet as Default Theme option, highlighted in red within Figure 7.
Figure 7: Set as Default Theme option to be selected
You can now shut PowerPoint, do not save the single Standard aspect ratio slide file if prompted.
Launch PowerPoint 2016 again, you will see that the Presentation Gallery now includes your new Custom Theme in the topleft position, as shown highlighted in red within Figure 8 (compare with Figure 1).Even though the thumbnail shows a 16:9 slide, don't worry, this is a 4:3 Theme, as you will see in the next step.
Figure 8: Custom theme within the Presentation gallery
Since this new Theme has an aspect ratio of 4:3, clicking the Theme's thumbnail will open a new presentation with a slide ofStandard (4:3) aspect ratio, as shown in Figure 9.
Figure 9: New presentation created with new 4:3 slide