Re: powerpoint output to 169 format?

[John MacFarlane <jgm-TVLZxgkOlNX2fBVCVOL8/A@public.gmane.org>]

I just tried it, and I got eight bullets on the screen.
Font size seems to be around 24pt. I think Powerpoint
scaled it automatically when I changed the aspect ratio.

"ivo....-xwz7R8GQi1g@public.gmane.org" <ivo.welch-xwz7R8GQi1g@public.gmane.org> writes:

> apologies for all the comments.  I am guessing that the 16:9 format is 
> useful only if you / one can also change the defaults for the PowerPoint 
> font sizes.
>
> on PowerPoint macos, the default 16:9 font size for first-level bullet 
> points seems to be Calibri 28pt.  This means the default vanilla 
> presentation has 8-9 lines of bullet points.
>
> on pandoc, the output default font-size for first-level bullet points is 
> Calibri 32pt.
>
>   - in 4:3, pandoc thus also has about 8-9 lines of bullet points;
>   - in 169, the font remains the same 32pt, which now means only 6-7 lines 
> of bullet points.
>
> 6-7 lines is too few IMHO.  Ergo, 16:9 output should go with slightly 
> smaller fonts.  For reference, the powerpoint defaults that I am getting are
>
> - title: 60pt
> - subtitle: 24pt
> - header title: 44pt, Light
> - body points, level 1: 28pt
> - body points, level 2: 24pt
>
> regards, /iaw
>
>
> On Sunday, January 2, 2022 at 2:01:21 PM UTC-8 ivo....-xwz7R8GQi1g@public.gmane.org wrote:
>
>>
>> I tried to change the default font size in the default (reference) pptx, 
>> but pandoc did not pick this one up.  :-(
>>
>>
>> On Sunday, January 2, 2022 at 1:37:39 PM UTC-8 ivo....-xwz7R8GQi1g@public.gmane.org wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> mille grazie.
>>>
>>> given that powerpoint itself has moved to 16:9, I think it would probably 
>>> be a better default.
>>>
>>> the template trick is supercool.  I had not realized this.  I will try to 
>>> stick a modified version into my .pandoc/templates folder.  Is there a 
>>> standard name (like default.pptx) that pandoc picks up?
>>>
>>>
>>> On Saturday, December 18, 2021 at 11:44:45 AM UTC-8 John MacFarlane wrote:
>>>
>>>>
>>>> You can change this by using a reference-doc. 
>>>>
>>>> pandoc --print-default-data-file reference.pptx > reference.pptx 
>>>>
>>>> Now open reference.pptx with Powerpoint. 
>>>>
>>>> Go to Page Setup and change the aspect ratio. 
>>>>
>>>> Save. 
>>>>
>>>> Now use 
>>>>
>>>> pandoc --reference-doc reference.pptx input.md -o output.pptx 
>>>>
>>>> Maybe we should change the default to 16:9. Comments welcome on 
>>>> this. 
>>>>
>>>
>
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