How to Change PowerPoint Slides to Portrait – 2 Easy Methods
(Note: This tutorial on how to change PowerPoint slides to Portrait is suitable for PowerPoint 2013 and later versions including Office 365)
PowerPoint has always been the backbone of every business meeting and discussion. Most high-school students and graduates find this software helpful in presenting their papers and projects.
Not all PowerPoint presentations need to be in the default landscape orientation. Say you want to present detailed calculations and analytical charts; you can easily customize the setting in a few clicks.
Do you know how to change the slide orientation to portrait? I’ll show you how to change PowerPoint to portrait in 2 easy methods in this article.
You’ll learn:
- Landscape and Portrait Slide Size:
- Steps Involved in Changing Slide Orientation to Portrait
- Method to Change Particular PowerPoint Slides to Portrait
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Landscape and Portrait Slide Size:
The default slide orientation in PowerPoint is Landscape orientation, available in two sizes:
- Standard – 4:3 ratio (10×7.5 inches)
- Widescreen – 16:9 ratio (13.33×7.5 inches)
And the default slide size of the Portrait slide is 10×5.626 inches.
How to Change PowerPoint to Portrait?
In the following steps, I will show you the 2 easy methods on how to change PowerPoint to portrait.
- Steps Involved in Changing PowerPoint Slides to Portrait
- Method to Change Particular PowerPoint slides to Portrait.
Steps Involved in Changing PowerPoint Slides to Portrait
To create a new PowerPoint presentation, go to the File Tab and click on New > Blank Presentation from the Microsoft PowerPoint homepage.
- Delete the default layout text boxes (Click to add Title and Subtitle) from the blank slide to customize your presentation. You can change the slide orientation and start working on your content.
- The default slide orientation in PowerPoint is the Landscape, which is, without a doubt, the best way to present projects.
- To change the default slide orientation, go to the Design tab on the homepage and choose the Slide Size drop-down box from the Customize section.
- The Slide size drop-down box lists Standard size, Widescreen size, and Custom Slide Size options. Select the Custom Slide Size option.
- The Custom Slide Size dialog box opens with a list of customization options for your presentation.
- You can manually enter the specific dimensions for your presentation in the width and height settings bar. You will notice that the Slide orientation is default set to Landscape mode. Make sure to change it to the Portrait option next to it.
- There are two Slide scaling options: Maximize and Ensure Fit. The Maximize fit zooms the data, and the Ensure fit makes the content fit in your slide.
- Choose either of the scaling options to change the orientation of your presentation to Portrait that best complement the data.
To change the default orientation of your existing presentation, follow the same procedure. However, note that the entire format of the presentation will be modified and aligned weirdly. Please make the necessary changes, such as text box alignment, charts, tables, and misoriented images, to the present Portrait version.
We saw how to change PowerPoint to portrait using the Slide Size option in this method.
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Method to Change Particular PowerPoint slides to Portrait.
Firstly, Microsoft Office does not permit having different slide orientations within the same PowerPoint presentation. You can either have an entire presentation in Landscape mode or the entire presentation in Portrait mode.
However, there is a way to carry it out for a particular slide that will convey the message.
- The first step is to create two separate presentations, the first one that predominantly contains your project and the other one in portrait/landscape based on your convenience.
- For this example, let’s consider the presentation containing the sales of books in a table format, and I’ve named it Portrait.
- Create the next presentation in the default orientation. Here, I have created two slides and named them Landscape for our reference.
- In the next step, hyperlink an object or a text from one PowerPoint presentation by highlighting it. Thus, clicking on the object will redirect to the slide from the other presentation.
- Select a text from the slide you want to jump to the Portrait slide. Go to Insert Tab and select the Action icon from the Links section to do that.
- The Action Settings dialog box appears. Click on the Hyperlink To drop-down box.
- Choose the location of the Portrait slide presentation and click OK to hyperlink the slide to your current presentation.
- This method may sound unconvincing, but the Slideshow works perfectly. I have attached a short screen recording of the method.
Place the Hyperlink at the end of your Slideshow for better convenience. Otherwise, you’ll be unable to jump back to the remaining slides.
We saw how to change PowerPoint to portrait using the Hyperlink option in this method.
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Frequently Asked Questions
How many Orientations are available in PowerPoint?
Microsoft Office Powerpoint contains Portrait and Landscape orientations. The default orientation is the Landscape one.
Is it possible to combine Portrait and Landscape orientations in a single Presentation?
It is impossible to have a combination of orientations within a single PowerPoint. However, you can do so by hyperlinking a particular slide inside your presentation.
By changing one slide orientation, does it affect the entire Presentation?
The answer is Yes; the Slide orientation applies to all slides by default. Therefore, changing the orientation of one slide to Landscape or Portrait will affect the entire PowerPoint presentation.
Is there a Shortcut to change orientation in Powerpoint?
There is no dedicated shortcut key to change PowerPoint slides to Portrait. However, the same can be done in just a few clicks. Click on the Design Tab > Slide Size > Custom Slide Size > Portrait and click OK.
Closing Thoughts
In this article, we saw how to change PowerPoint slides to portrait in a few easy steps. Upgrade your presentation skills by utilizing what PowerPoint offers and customize your project with an orientation that magnifies the important information.
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Simon Calder
Chris “Simon” Calder was working as a Project Manager in IT for one of Los Angeles’ most prestigious cultural institutions, LACMA.He taught himself to use Microsoft Project from a giant textbook and hated every moment of it. Online learning was in its infancy then, but he spotted an opportunity and made an online MS Project course - the rest, as they say, is history!
