Changing the White side background in Presenter
Dec 13, 2011
Hi Everyone
I tried to search this issue and it seems other people have had the same issue, but I could not find a difinitive fix. Hopefully it is something simple!
I have a gradient background in my Powerpoint slides that I am publishing with articulate. I was hoping the presenter would resize around the presentation, thereby eliminating the white stripes on either side of the presentation.
If I had a white background this would not be an issue, as it would blend in. I have noticed some people have produced presenter templates with different colour backgrounds, but unsure how to do this.
Your help would be greatly appreciated
Thanks
Matthew
7 Replies
Welcome to Heroes, Matthew!
You can adjust the color of the slide background to whatever color you want. Go to Player Templates -> Colors -> Edit Color Schemes -> Accent Colors -> Slide background. You can modify the RGB or the Hexadecimal value there.
Colors – Articulate Presenter ’09 Help
Presenter '09 | Creating Custom Color Schemes
Is that helpful?
Thanks for the quick reply Peter.
That confirms what I thinking on the way to the dog park to clear my head. I believe I was overthinking it. I appreciate your help.
Matt
Sure thing, Matt! Let us know if you encounter any other questions. Good luck!
Is there a way of reducing the width of the player itself so it aligns more closely with the full screen view? I dont plan on using the sidebar in the presentation. I changed both backgrounds to black, but it seems that there is a slight difference in the two colours, even though the colour codes do appear to be the same. If I could change the width of the skin or player itself that would help solve this issue. I was playing around with the optimize/lock size of the presentation, but I do not think that is the fix here, unless I am wrong.
Matt
Hey Matt!
Do you mind posting a screenshot of what you're trying to do? Thanks!
Yes You bet,
Basically I took a screen shot and cut and pasted the player to "pull it in" to show how I would like it to look. The original is on the right.
Matt
Thanks for the screenshot, Matt. Really the only thing to do is to try matching the colors with the Slide Background process I described above. It's currently not possible to fill that space by "stretching the player" since Presenter publishes at 4:3 size instead of 16:9.
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