486 Chapter 17 Review and Deliver Presentations
Practice Files Before you can complete the exercises in this chapter, you need to copy
the book’s practice files to your computer. The practice files you’ll use to complete the
exercises in this chapter are in the Chapter17 practice file folder. A complete list of
practice files is provided in “Using the Practice Files” at the beginning of this book.Setting Up Presentations for Delivery
In the old days, presentations were delivered by speakers with few supporting materials.
Little by little, “visual aids” such as white board drawings or flip charts on easels were added,
and eventually, savvy speakers began accompanying their presentations with 35mm slides
or transparencies projected onto screens. To accommodate these speakers, early versions
of PowerPoint included output formats optimized for slides of various sizes, including 35mm
slides and the acetate sheets used with overhead projectors.
Although technology has evolved to the point where most presentations are now deliv-
ered electronically, PowerPoint 2010 still accommodates those output formats, as well
as formats designed for printing on paper. Usually, you’ll find the default on-screen for-
mat adequate for your needs. If you have a wide-screen monitor, or if you know you’ll be
using a delivery method other than your computer for your presentation, you should
set the format of the presentation before you begin developing your content so that
you place elements appropriately for the final size of your slides.
By default, slides are sized for an on-screen slide show with a width-to-height ratio of 4:3
(10 × 7.5 inches). The slides are oriented horizontally, with slide numbers starting at 1.
You can change these settings in the Page Setup dialog box, where you can select from
the following slide sizes:
● On-screen Show For an electronic slide show on screens of various aspects (4:3,
16:9, or 16:10)
● Letter Paper For a presentation printed on 8.5 × 11 inch U.S. letter-size paper
● Ledger Paper For a presentation printed on 11 × 17 inch legal-size paper
● A3 Paper, A4 Paper, B4 (ISO) Paper, B5 (ISO) Paper For a presentation printed
on paper of various international sizes
● 35mm Slides For 35mm slides to be used in a carousel with a projector
● Overhead For transparencies for an overhead projector
● Banner For a banner for a Web page
● Custom For slides that are a nonstandard size