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
    2016-10-03T14:55:50+00:00

    In Office 2016 on Windows 10, you just need to go into the directory that contains powerpnt.exe (which may be C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office16), and there is already a powerpnt.exe.manifest file.  Change the line that says:

    <dpiAware>True/PM</dpiAware>

    And make it say

    <dpiAware>false</dpiAware>

    No need to go into the registry since there is already a manifest file that is being read.

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  2. Anonymous
    2016-10-08T13:38:57+00:00

    This worked for me.

    Now moving PPT from 4K laptop display to FullHD external display works fine and Powerpoint scales OK.

    Just wondering why it is not set by default like this :(

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  3. 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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  4. 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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  5. Anonymous
    2016-11-07T02:40:40+00:00

    Thanks a lot :)

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