Overhead provides an aspect ratio very close to the standard 4:3 slide size. In the Slide Size box, click the down arrow next to Slides sized for and select an option. Select Slide Size, and then select Custom Slide Size. See the section below named 'Make a default size to start from when creating new presentations.' However, you can make it easy to create a new 4:3 presentation for yourself whenever you want-by defining a custom theme that uses the 4:3 aspect ratio. When you change the slide size for a presentation, the size you choose only applies to that presentation. The 16:9 widescreen setting is the default value for new presentations you create. This could make your content appear smaller, but you’ll be able to see all content on your slide. Choosing this option could result in your content not fitting on the slide.Įnsure Fit: Select this option to decrease the size of your content when scaling to a smaller slide size. Maximize: Select this option to increase the size of your slide content when you are scaling to a larger slide size.
When PowerPoint is unable to automatically scale your content, it prompts you with two options:
Select Slide Size, and then select either Standard (4:3) or Widescreen (16:9). On the Design tab of the Ribbon, locate Slide Size in the Customize group, near the far right end of the toolbar.
