When I start learning Microsoft PowerPoint, I have never noticed what wrong with it. In fact, there is nothing wrong with that, but measurement system in PowerPoint is fixed with our personal computer system which lead to many design and layout customization. When I first noticed this challenge I checked on Microsoft Word, but it’s different from PowerPoint. Microsoft Word offers buidt in function that allow us to swtich measurement system such as inch, cm, mm, points, and pics.
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The defualt measurement system in pc is normally “inch (US system), and PowerPoint also synchronizes that size system, so to change measurement system in PowerPoint we need to change in personal computer first.
Step 1: Go to control panel
There are 3 ways to go to controll panel, (1) Windows icon + R, and type “control”, then enter, (2) search “control panel”, (3) go to start menu and find control panel
Step 2: Choose Clock and Region
Windows operating system might be changed time to time, what you can remember is a brief description below main title. As you might this figure 2, a short description of Clock and Region are Change date, time, or number formats. According to this, I suggest to keep in mind that number formats is a main objective we focus on.
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Step 3: Click Region
Just like what I mention in step 2, you can see “number formats” in the breif description below Region. Click it and follow the short video.
I hope this blog post is helpful for you. I found this really helpful to me because I love designing and customizing PowerPoint slides, and changing measurement size help me to be more flexible and more creative and design faster and easier.
Just like what I mention in step 2, you can see “number formats” in the breif description below Region. Click it and follow the short video.
I hope this blog post is helpful for you. I found this really helpful to me because I love designing and customizing PowerPoint slides, and changing measurement size help me to be more flexible and more creative and design faster and easier.