You can create a Showcase presentation in a few dissimilar ways - one of these is by importing an existing presentation from PowerPoint, or exporting PowerPoint slides every bit PNGs to use equally groundwork images to your Showcase slides. If you lot do this, yous might detect that the groundwork images don't quite 'fit' your inside the Showcase presentation screen dimensions.

Here'southward how to accommodate the size of your PowerPoint slides, so that they are the right size to exist used within the Showcase platform.

Import slides on a Windows machine

  1. Check the pixel dimensions of your Showcase presentation. To exercise this, open the presentation in the Editor and click 'Background' in the toolbar to a higher place your presentation. You may have to remove any existing background if yous've already added one.


    The default ratio for new Showcase presentations is iv:3 or 2048 x 1536 pixels. This resolution looks dandy on a range of devices and is what we'll be using as an example in this article.

  2. Open your existing PowerPoint presentation in Microsoft PowerPoint.
  3. Click 'Blueprint' and select 'Slide size' from the menu.

    Annotation:If you're using an older version of PowerPoint, the 'Slide size' option may be under 'Page Layout' instead.

  4. Select 'Custom Slide Size' to open up the options in a pop-up window.

  5. Enter your desired dimensions in centimeters. Not certain how to convert pixels to cm? Utilize these dimensions as a rough guide:

    - For Showcase presentations that are2048 ten 1536 pixels, enter 54.2cm (width) x 40.64cm (height)
    - For Showcase presentations that are 2048 x 1152 pixels, enter 54.2cm (width) ten 30.48cm (height)
    - For Showcase presentations that are2048 x 1365 pixels, enter 54.2cm (width) ten 36.11cm (height)

  6. Click 'OK' to save your custom dimensions.
  7. From here, you lot can either import the whole PowerPoint file into Showcase, or salvage individual images to use every bit backgrounds to slides in Showcase. If you want to save images, click 'File' and select 'Save as'.
  8. This will open the 'Save as' dialog box. Nether 'Salve equally type' select 'PNG Portable Network Graphics Format'.

  9. In the lesser right corner, click 'Tools' and select 'Compress Pictures' from the drib-down bill of fare.
  10. Under 'Target output' select 'Print (220 ppi).

  11. Click 'OK' and 'Save' to salve your presentation.
  12. Yous can check your presentation's dimensions past right-clicking the saved file and selecting 'Properties'. Don't worry if the dimensions are slightly bigger than intended — Showcase will scale them appropriately when yous add together them.

  13. Y'all tin can now apply these saved images every bit slide backgrounds within a Showcase presentation.

Import slides on a Mac

  1. Check the pixel dimensions of your Showcase presentation. To do this, open the presentation in the Editor and click 'Groundwork' in the toolbar above your presentation. You may take to remove whatever existing background if you've already added one.


    The default ratio for new Showcase presentations is iv:3 or 2048 ten 1536 pixels. This resolution looks great on a range of devices and is what we'll exist using every bit an example in this commodity.

  2. Open up your presentation in Microsoft PowerPoint.
  3. Click 'Themes' and select 'Slide Size' from the menu.

  4. For Mac, yous'll need to enter your slide size as 26cm 10 19.5cm. You lot'll be able to specify exact pixel dimensions later.

  5. In one case yous've done this, click 'Salvage Equally' to salve your PowerPoint presentation.
  6.  From here, you tin again, import the whole presentation into Showcase Workshop - or yous can save images to use as slide backgrounds. If you want to save images, select 'PNG' under 'Format' in the Salve As window.
  7. Click 'Options' in the bottom left corner of the 'Relieve As' dialog.

  8. This will open up the 'PowerPoint Preferences' dialog where yous can specify the exact pixel dimensions for your images. We went for 2048 x 1536 pixels in the example below. You'll notice that 1536 defaulted to 1537 — don't worry about this, equally it will still return beautifully in Showcase!

  9. Click 'OK' and 'Save' to relieve your PowerPoint presentation as images. You tin now use these images as slide backgrounds in your Showcase presentation.