Wide Screen Distortion

[walusa]

I have noticed that on wide screens, especially laptops, my slideshows are distorted. The pictures are wider and squatter than normal. Also, the object buttons I placed on a slide do not line up as they do on a standard screen. I use the standard resolution of 600x800 for all my slides which play well on the standard 4:3 aspect ratio screens. But I realize that the standards are changing and the world seems to be going to the 16:9 aspect ratio. Has anyone figured out how to create a 4:3 slideshow for playing back on the newer screens? What resolution settings should I use and what settings should the person viewing the slideshow use to minimize distortion?

[alrobin]

You can use the same image size and resolution as you would for a 4:3 monitor. Just be sure to set the monitor resolution at the correct aspect ratio for playback(probably something like 1280x768 for wide-screen).

If you want to fill the screen, then use images that are 1280x768 too.