Powerpoint will not scale properly on second monitor

Anonymous
2013-12-12T23:14:44+00:00

Powerpoint refuses to scale properly on my second monitor and borders menu items etc. stay too big to operate efficiently. Word is working as it should and the menu items resize appropriately when moving from monitor to monitor. You can view an example screen shot of both Word and Powerpoint on the monitor here: http://screencast.com/t/MAkVnCXAtfph

Is there a setting to fix this and make it behave like Word does?

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  1. Anonymous
    2016-11-11T01:01:50+00:00

    I have this problem I think. To  confirm I'm on topic.... On my external display, in 'Second Screen Only' mode,  Powerpoint is huge. What used to be a window that took up half the screen now takes the whole screen. In 'Duplicate mode it's fine and just takes half the screen.

    No problem with other Office apps.

    It started just today following a Windows update (V1511 Build 10586.679), which may just be coincidence. I've never had the problem before.

    So far I've updated to the latest version of Office 365 (PPT 16.0.7329.1923) and I've made the change (to 'false') in the manifest file, all to no avail.

    Is there anything else I can try?

    Thanks

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  2. Anonymous
    2016-11-07T02:40:40+00:00

    Thanks a lot :)

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  3. Anonymous
    2016-10-27T14:46:13+00:00

    It could be related to Windows rather than Office, I also got the office Update and had to start all over changing the manifests

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  4. Anonymous
    2016-10-27T14:39:05+00:00

    There was a recent office update, and I've noticed now that the issue appears to be fixed, without having to change the manifest file manually. I can't rule out that the fix might have something to do with my Windows build, which is 14931.rs_prerelease.160916-1700 (Windows Insider slow ring current build).

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