Powerpoint 2016 Desktop does not scale interface on multi-monitor setups

Anonymous
2015-09-22T17:27:01+00:00

Hi,

Surprised this bug is not yet fixed from PPT 2013. In does not occur in Word or Outlook.

I have a Surface Pro 3 with an external HD monitor running Windows 10. The Surface screen is scaled to 150% DPI, the HD monitor, which is the main screen, is in native 100% scaling.

Powerpoint 2016 does not scale its windows when it is dragged to the high-res Surface screen, but all the fonts and UI elements remain tiny at 100% size.

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Anonymous
2016-09-22T21:29:51+00:00

Hi everyone,

Just wanted to let you know that, at long last, this issue has been fixed.

The current issue of PowerPoint not automatically scaling to different monitor sizes when in edit view is addressed with Windows 10 Anniversary Update version 1607. With the updated fix, PowerPoint will adjust to the correct screen size when dragged to different monitors.

To access this fix, be sure you have Windows 10 version 1607 or later, and PowerPoint version 16.0.7341.2032 or later, released on September 21, 2016 for Current Channel customers.

To get the latest Office updates, click File > Account > Update Options > Update Now.

Again, many thanks for you patience and feedback.

Best,

-Erik, Office Newsroom

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Anonymous
2016-08-23T00:35:59+00:00

PowerPoint has fixed this DPI scaling issue in the latest update of Office 2016 and the application now behaves in the same manner as Word and Excel when dragged to a monitor with a different DPI. You will need both the latest PowerPoint update as well as the recent Windows Anniversary update.

The fix will be available to those in the Office Insider program in the next week or two, and will hit general availability by end of September.

Learn more about Office Insiders or join today here:

https://products.office.com/en-us/office-insider

Read more about the DPI scaling improvements in Windows 10 Anniversary Update in this blog post:

https://blogs.technet.microsoft.com/askcore/2016/08/16/display-scaling-changes-for-the-windows-10-anniversary-update/

Note: At this time, the fix is only available for Office 2016 click to run users, but the team is working hard to port this fix to other versions of PowerPoint.

Thanks again for your patience and feedback on this complicated issue.

Emily Tohir

PowerPoint Program Manager

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  1. Anonymous
    2016-09-23T21:37:01+00:00

    I can confirm that the update fixed the problem - finally...

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  2. Anonymous
    2016-09-23T03:11:48+00:00

    Erik,

    Thanks, kind of.  The office update went fine, but the Windows 10 version update on my Surface Pro 4, from 1511 to 1607, just flat out doesn't work.  Three attempts, and it's still version 1511.

    Any insight as to when that will be fixed?  Because I still get the giant Fisher-Price icons in PowerPoint.

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  3. Anonymous
    2016-09-16T07:35:27+00:00

    PowerPoint has fixed this 

    Emily Tohir, PowerPoint Program Manager

    Emily that's great news - can we hope this might mean you might also being fixing the long standing "You selected a single-byte font to replace a double-byte font." replacement bug? 

    http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/msoffice/forum/msoffice\_powerpoint-mso\_windows8/replace-fonts-not-working-in-powerpoint-2013/be88dccb-4572-4bbf-b1fc-c3b9834c3a13

    Thanks

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