Most Microsoft PowerPoint presentations use a landscape orientation. (The presentation slides are wider than they are tall). This layout is usually more desirable for reading text and charts. Consider the outdoor billboard, for example. However, there may be times when you want to create a presentation using a portrait layout (slides are taller than they are wide). Though unusual, this is possible with PowerPoint.

To create a PowerPoint presentation with vertical slides

1. Open a new existing PowerPoint presentation.



2. Click File > Page Setup.



3. Under Orientation, Slides, choose Portrait.






4. Click OK.

All slides will be laid out vertically.

Are there ever instances in which you would want to use both types of slide layouts in the same presentation? Perhaps. Consider a presentation that uses a "traditional" horizontal slide layout. It is full of text and the occasional graphic. In general, the slides look something like the following:

Assume you want to create a slide containing a chart with phenomenal vertical growth . . .

This chart would look fine on a horizontal slide — but it is much more dramatic on a vertical slide. The height of the slide reiterates the dramatic 4th Quarter results.

PowerPoint lets you combine both vertical and horizontal slide layouts in a single presentation (actually two linked presentations) — and the effect is nearly seamless to the audience.

To insert vertical slides within a horizontal slide presentation

If you want a traditional, horizontal presentation to include vertical slides (with the portrait orientation), you must create two presentations: one for the horizontal slides and one for the vertical slide(s) . . .

1. Create the horizontal PowerPoint presentation.



2. Create the vertical PowerPoint presentation.



3. Store these two presentations in the same folder.



4. Open the horizontal presentation (this is the main presentation) and go to the slide from which you want to jump to the vertical presentation.



5. Select the text or graphic to use as a hyperlink.



6. Click Insert > Hyperlink.



7. Select the name of the vertical presentation. Then click OK.



8. Save and run the horizontal presentation to test.