Like a Slide Projector

[Susan Young]

I mainly will use Powerpoint like we once used slide
projectors: to show pictures. I scan the image at an
output that corresponds with the screen pixel size, ie,
1024 x 768. I understand all that. My question is, when
I insert that image into the Powerpoint slide, why
doesn't the image fill up the entire slide? I have to
resize it and make it cover the entire slide, so I won't
have a bunch of white space showing.

 

[Bill Foley]

The reason is probably that you are scanning a 4 x 6 picture at 1024 x 768
and trying to put that image on a slide that is sized at 10 x 7.5 with the
same resolution (it's a DPI thing). If your image that you scan is the same
size as the slide and the same resolution, then it will fit the slide. So,
basically you have a couple of choices:

1. Scan the images at a slightly higher resolution than your computer
monitor/projector. That way the 4 x 6 image will end up being slightly
larger when inserted into PowerPoint. However, this results in larger file
sizes because of the resolution of the images.

2. Instead of using "Insert", "Picture", "From file", use "Format",
"Background", click the dropdown and select "Fill Effects", click the
"Picture" TAB, browse to and select your picture file. This will expand the
image to fit the slide size. Obviously this will skew the image if it isn't
a "landscape-type" image size. It will also reduce the resolution somewhat
if the actual image size is smaller than the slide size.

Hope this helps and/or makes sense!