How do I make bitmaps and captures screens display well in slide show?
The trick is that bitmapped graphics only look exactly correct at one particular size. This is most noticeable in screen dumps, where you want to see a proper pixel for pixel representation. What is happening, is that during slide show, PowerPoint scales the presentation to fit the size of your monitor, and that the scaling hoses your bitmaps. To fix this you can do the following. In PowerPoint 97, right-click on the bitmap, select “Format Picture…”, go to the “Size” tab, from the Scale area check the box labeled “best for slide show”, and set the resolution to match your system resolution (available from the Display area of the Windows Control Panel). For PowerPoint 95 and all other versions, click on the bitmap, and from the Draw menu (or other depending on your version), select the Scale command. You must then enter a percentage based on the screen resolution of the system on which you plan to deliver your electronic presentation, using the percentages as listed below: 640×480 = 1
