Quick summary
Cropping a PowerPoint slide means changing its slide size via the Design tab to fit a custom aspect ratio or dimensions. You can choose a preset size or manually set width and height in the Page Setup dialog, then scale content to match.
Steps
- Inside the slide canvas, go to the top menu bar and click 'Design'.
- Find and click the 'Slide Size' option in the ribbon.
- Click 'Page Setup' to open the size configuration dialog.
- Click the drop-down menu next to 'Slide Sized For' to see preset options.
- Choose a preset size based on how you want to crop your slide.
- Alternatively, manually adjust the width and height values to set a custom crop.
- Click 'OK' to apply the new slide dimensions.
- Click 'Scale' to reformat slide content to fit the new slide size.
- Your PowerPoint slides will now be cropped based on your configured dimensions.