Powerpoint will not scale properly on second monitor

I have (as many others here) altered the manifest several times. This works after a fashion - I can use attached monitor as intended - but my laptop screen has a blurry version of the file that has been downres'd.

Have Microsoft actually responded in any way to anyone on this post? I appreciate the solidarity of a group having the same issue, but I would like to think that a forum could prompt some focused action, as well as just flag the issue. This is not the SETI project, but 3years is a pretty long time for this post to be running with a single issue, when other Office products work well in the same environment.

Can someone from Microsoft share an update on next steps?

Here's hoping....

Hi All,

This problem is not only with powerpoint. It also occurs with internet explorer, snipping tool and some tool tips.

Editing the .manifest file for powerpoint, while being a 'sort of' work around, does not fix these problems.

I have just spent 4 hours on the phone to microsoft support with no resolution. I have 2 surface pro 4 computers using exactly the same version of windows 10 and office (Company image), one works fine and one has the problem. The computers were purchased at the same time so theoretically have the same hardware.

I really wish ms would fix this problem, however I feel that either not enough people are reporting the problem or there are comparatively few people experiencing it.

Hi Ben,

Thank you. It just works perfect!

Stunning that Msft has not found it after so many posts

Saludos

I found the fix.  There is a typo in the powerpoint.exe.manifest file.  Find the file and copy it to your desktop.  Edit the files with notepad and edit this line:

<dpiAware>True/PM</dpiAware>

to

<dpiAware>True</dpiAware>

Save the file on your desktop, make sure the file extension didn't get changed to '.TXT'. 

Make sure PowerPoint is closed and copy the file back to where you found it and approve the security needed to update it.

Hopefully Microsoft will fix the manifest file in future updates.

This is absolutely ridiculous.

Having just spent over £2,500 on a Surface book. My role and our business involves creating PowerPoint presentations, to be told there is no workaround apart from laptops much cheaper working perfectly with a second monitor is pathetic. Microsoft, what were they thinking? We need a resolution now!

Powerpoint Developers: Read about what your Windows Developer colleages at Microsoft intended with enabling Windows 8.1/10 to have different High-DPI settings on different monitors and JUST FIX YOUR BUGS! 

MICROSOFT - Please engage with your users, supporters and influencers!