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The reason for the appearance of the black borders is due to the default resolution ratio of PowerPoint being set to 4:3, which is not compatible with newer screens adopting a 16:9 ratio. Therefore, you need to change the default settings of PowerPoint from 4:3 to 16:9 resolution. In the following content, Mytour will guide you on how to display Full Screen when presenting PowerPoint on the projector.
How to Display Full Screen in PowerPoint?
How to Display Full Screen in PowerPoint
1. For PowerPoint 2007
Step 1: Open the View tab on the toolbar.
Step 2:
Step 3: In Slide Master, open Page Setup.
Step 4: In Page Setup, under Slides sized for, select On-screen Show (16:9) and then press OK.
Step 5: Press Close Master View to confirm.
Now your presentation file will display Full Screen when presenting on newer screens.
Congratulations! You've successfully completed displaying PowerPoint 2007 in fullscreen mode. Next, let me guide you on how to display PowerPoint 2016 in fullscreen mode.
2. For PowerPoint 2016
Step 1: Open the View tab on the toolbar.
Step 2: Select Slide Master from the Presentation Views menu.
Step 3: In Slide Master, navigate to Slide Size and choose Widescreen (16:9) .
Step 4: Press Close Master View to confirm your selection.
As a result, your presentation file will change to the resolution ratio shown below:
With the fullscreen display method in PowerPoint presentations, you can perform similarly on PowerPoint 2010 and PowerPoint 2013 as these versions have similar interfaces.
This article provides a guide on how to display PowerPoint presentations in fullscreen mode, or more specifically, how to change the aspect ratio from 4:3 to 16:9 in PowerPoint. In addition to the above trick, you can find many other useful PowerPoint tricks at Mytour. You can refer to and download many beautiful PowerPoint backgrounds to make your presentation slides more professional. With carefully curated PowerPoint backgrounds from Mytour, you won't have to spend time searching. Wishing you success!
