Presenter 360: Setting Your Slide Size
When you create a new presentation, the slide size defaults to a widescreen 16:9 aspect ratio in PowerPoint 2013 and later. In earlier versions of PowerPoint, it defaults to a standard 4:3 aspect ratio.
The good news is that Articulate Presenter supports custom slide sizes, so you're free to use any size you want in PowerPoint.
Changing Your Slide Size
First, open the slide size window in PowerPoint:
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PowerPoint 2013 or 2016 |
Go to the Design tab on the PowerPoint ribbon, click Slide Size, and choose Custom Slide Size. |
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PowerPoint 2010 |
Go to the Design tab on the PowerPoint ribbon and click Page Setup. |
Then, use the following options to adjust the size and orientation of your presentation:
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Slides sized for |
Choose a predefined size from the drop-down list. |
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Width |
Enter a specific value for the slide width. |
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Height |
Enter a specific value for the slide height. |
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Number slides from |
This item doesn't affect your Presenter course. |
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Orientation—Slides |
Choose either Portrait or Landscape. (This option will automatically change if you adjust the Width and Height values.) |
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Orientation—Notes, Handouts & Outline |
This item doesn't affect your Presenter course. |
Tip: It's best to change your presentation size before you add any content. Otherwise, you may need to resize or rearrange objects in your presentation to accommodate its new size.
How Player Features Affect Published Size
The overall size of your published output will be slightly larger than your slide dimensions. That's because the player (the interface around the perimeter of your slides) adds some width and height.
The player adds up to 260 pixels to the width and up to 118 pixels to the height, depending on the player features you choose. See the following table for details.
You can also enable and disable player features on a slide by slide basis, but the course size will remain the same for all slides—i.e., each player feature adds some width or height to your published course, even if it’s only used on a single slide.
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Player Feature |
Width |
Height |
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Player frame (with or without player features) |
+20 pixels |
+20 pixels |
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Title or duration |
+23 pixels |
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One or more topbar tabs |
+24 pixels |
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Volume controller, seekbar, or navigation buttons |
+51 pixels |
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Sidebar |
+240 pixels |
Here’s an example: If your slide size is 720 x 405 and you enable the navigation buttons and sidebar, the overall dimensions of your published course are 980 x 476. Here’s the breakdown:
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Width |
Height |
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Slide size |
720 pixels |
405 pixels |
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Player frame |
+20 pixels |
+20 pixels |
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Navigation buttons |
+51 pixels |
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Sidebar |
+240 pixels |
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Published Course Dimensions |
980 pixels |
476 pixels |
