Creating a portrait slide in PowerPoint is a straightforward process. First, you need to go to the “Design” tab on the PowerPoint toolbar. From there, select “Slide Size” in the “Customize” group and then choose “Custom Slide Size”.
In the dialog box that pops up, you’ll see a drop-down menu for “Slides sized for”. Here, you are given multiple options, but you should ignore them for now. Just below that, there are two options: “Portrait” and “Landscape”. Choose the “Portrait” option to change the orientation of your slides.
Next, you’ll want to specify the dimensions of your slides. The default size for PowerPoint slides is 10″ x 7.5″, but you can adjust this to whatever size you need. Remember, the width is now the shorter side, and the height is the longer side since you’ve switched to portrait orientation.
Once you’ve made your selections, click “OK”. A dialog box will appear asking how you’d like to scale your existing content. If you have existing content on your slides, you can choose to maximize the size of your content or ensure it fits on the new slide. If you haven’t added content yet, it doesn’t matter which option you choose.
And that’s it! You’ve successfully changed your PowerPoint slides to portrait orientation. Now, you can start adding your content as usual.
Remember, the content you add should also be optimized for portrait orientation. This means you may need to rearrange text boxes or images to make the most of your vertical space.
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