How do I get rid of the black on the side of my powerpoint?

[froggieshirez]

I have a widescreen laptop and when I show a PowerPoint presentation, there
is black on either side of the presentation. Is there a setting that I can
change like on a widescreen TV?

 

[TDunn]

The aspect ratio on your laptop is 16:10. You need to make your slides that
size or at least 8:5. Go to File/Page Setup and set the width to 16 (or 8)
and the height to 10 (or 5). Do this before you start making a presentation.
If you change an existing presentation it will distort stuff and do other
weird things that you will have to fix slide by slide...........TD

 

[Hernandez.Lisa]

I have a widescreen laptop and when I show a PowerPoint presentation, there
is black on either side of the presentation. Is there a setting that I can
change like on a widescreen TV?

You should change the "page setup" but be aware that changing this may
adversely affect pictures that were created for "regular screen"
slideshows. Have a look at http://www.onppt.com/ppt/article1041.html