PowerPoint slides are automatically set horizontally, since this format is a priori the perfect solution for viewing presentations on monitors or projecting them on screens. However, there are times when content must be displayed vertically. An example of this is photos or videos recorded or saved in this orientation, which convey a better impression when shown in vertical slides ..
In this article we show you how to change the orientation of one or all of the slides in a PowerPoint presentation.
Setting the vertical direction in a PowerPoint presentation may seem very practical at first glance, but it can be difficult at first. First of all, keep in mind that most of the media in which PowerPoint presentations are displayed (such as projection screens, monitors, etc.) are adapted and optimized for the horizontal format . Likewise, it is worth mentioning that the Microsoft program does not contemplate mixing vertical and horizontal slides within the same project; This means that, by default, you would have to change the orientation of all the sheets in your presentation..
In the following step-by-step tutorial , we first show you how to change the orientation of PowerPoint sheets in the general settings . Afterwards, we explain how to use slides both vertically and horizontally in the same presentation despite technical limitations .
As already mentioned, the horizontal to vertical format change is applied automatically to the entire PowerPoint project. In this way, if you want to place all the slides of your presentation vertically , you will only have to access the corresponding settings and modify the orientation of the slides . To do this, proceed as follows:
Open the PowerPoint presentation and select the tab? Design ?:
At the far right of the menu bar, select ? Slide Size? , and then click? Custom slide size? :
In the dialog box, you can select the desired size for each of the slides. However, to change the orientation of the sheet in PowerPoint you will not have to perform complicated calculations and it will be enough to mark the option ? Vertical ? from the "Orientation" section. Finally, press? Accept ?:
Then a dialog box will open where you can? Maximize ? to take advantage of the available space , or,? Secure fit ? so that the program adapts the content automatically to the chosen format .
If you don't know which option to choose, select? Secure fit? so that the content adjusts automatically. In case it is not the most suitable option, you can undo the change through the "Undo" function..
After clicking? Maximize ? or? Secure the ? Setting , the orientation of the slides will be changed.
If successful, PowerPoint will display the slides vertically (both the current one and the thumbnail versions in the left margin):
Summary of the steps to follow:
Since PowerPoint does not have its own function to insert slides vertically and horizontally, it is necessary to resort to other resources to be able to have a presentation with slides in both formats. The solution is to prepare two different presentations (one vertically and one horizontally) and link them . When reproducing them, this procedure will not be perceived.
Before linking presentations, save them in the same folder . This way, if you want to move the two files to an external data storage device, you only have to copy the folder and avoid complications related to linking the files.
In the following example, we explain how to link the two presentations :
The task is to insert? From the first slide? sheets of a vertical presentation. To do this, we must first select an object on the first slide, which will serve as the basis for linking the two presentations. To illustrate, we have selected a text box. Once we have clicked on this object , we open the tab? Insert ? and we select? Action ?, Located on the left in the menu bar.
PowerPoint opens the? Action? Menu settings, where you will have to make an important decision:
If the presentation or PowerPoint sheet to be linked is to be accessed using the mouse, the appropriate tab,? Mouse click ?, is already selected. If, on the other hand, you prefer that the slide in portrait opens when hovering over the linked object, choose the tab? Mouse over ?.
In both cases, the linking process continues: check the option? Hyperlink to? and choose? Another PowerPoint presentation ?:
Find the folder where the presentation you want to link is located , select it and click? OK ?:
Confirm the established link by clicking "OK" once more. The selected object should now be available via a link to a second presentation . Then click on the link or hover over it and open the second presentation that contains the slides vertically:
Create another link in this document that leads to the first document . To do this, you need an object to establish the link. The object must be selected before clicking the button? Action ? of the tab? Add ?.
In the action settings, you decide again between? Mouse click? and? move the mouse ?, check the option? Hyperlink to ? and choose? Another PowerPoint presentation ?. Next, indicate the folder in which the first presentation is located (with horizontal slides) and confirm by pressing? OK ?
Because the landscape presentation used in the example has more than one slide, PowerPoint suppresses a dialog window in which you can select the target slide . Slide number 1 cannot be displayed again, so slide number 2 will be displayed:
The number of available links that PowerPoint displays corresponds to the number of sheets in the document to be linked.