Designer vs. PowerPoint
Posted by Adriane Jewett | | Posted On Sunday, October 25, 2009 at 11:01 PM
For the past few days I have been fighting on and off with PowerPoint.Because PowerPoint doesn't transfer well from Mac to PC (or Mac to Mac, or PC to PC...but that's another story), I decided to make the transition easier by turning my presentation into a PDF.
When I saved the presentation as a PDF, for some reason, PowerPoint decided I needed a large white border around each of my slides. Most people probably wouldn't have noticed. But, I couldn't let it go for several reasons.
1. It is my design. If I wanted a large white border, I would have put one.
2. I should be able to make it go away. There has to be a way.
3. I hate letting computer programs beat me. If I let PowerPoint win, it's a quick downhill trip to computer illiteracy and design apathy.
I'm happy to report that after days of trying, hours wasted and options exhausted...I WON.
All I had to do was go to page setup, adjust the printer, adjust the options, scale to 115%, ignore the warning, save the PDF from the print menu and voila...battle won.
I knew it was something simple...stupidpowerpointanditsstupiddesiretoruletheuniverse...
The world (and my presentation) is as it should be.
I definitely understand your frustrations with PowerPoint as I have encountered the same struggles in the past. Sometimes, I wish technology could be more simple, but I guess that happens over time. I'm sure it was annoying at the time, but I bet you are happy that you finally figured out how to overcome PowerPoint's downfalls.