About ZoomToFit

Back in March 2005, an EZView user told me about his colleagues who prefer to work at 100% zoom level and how this was driving him insane since he had to change the zoom level every time he opened a presentation. Presumably this is because they work on high resolution (1600x1200) displays but he doesn't. (Neither do I. My primary machine is an IBM ThinkPad X30 running at 1024x768 even though my desktop can do 16-by-12.) But given what I've learned from writing EZView, I told him confidently, "I can fix it!" :P Ladies and Gentlemen, from your Iron Monkey-wanna-be comes a new PowerPoint plug-in: whenever a presentation is opened, it will adjust the zoom level to "Fit". Please let me know of any bugs. The icon I used is from the Kids Icon Theme by Everaldo Coelho. Kudos!

Files for Download

Installer (will also upgrade an existing installation)

• ZoomToFit-1.0-Setup.exe

Source (GPL)

• gpl.txt (Licence)
• ZoomToFit.ppt (PPT with VBA source)
• ZoomToFit.vba.html (HTML-ized VBA)
• ZoomToFit.nsi (NSIS installation script)

Usage Instructions

After running the setup program, every time you open a presentation in PowerPoint, the zoom level will be automatically adjusted to "Fit". You will not see any visible changes to PowerPoint (except in the Add-Ins dialog box). It just works. :P

I have taken the time to prepare the installer and the uninstaller properly. So if you want to remove this, you can use "Add/Remove Programs" in Control Panel.

Manual Installation

If you are a Linux user using CrossOver Office with PowerPoint installed, or if you simply want to do the installation manually, here are the steps.

1. Download ZoomToFit.ppt
2. Open it in PowerPoint
3. Click File->Save As
4. Pull down Save as type combo box and select PowerPoint Add-In
5. Click Save
6. Click Tools->Add-Ins
7. Click Add New...
8. Select ZoomToFit.ppa and click OK
9. Click Close

After these steps, ZoomToFit will start automatically with PowerPoint. Enjoy!

Version History

1.0 (2004-03-10)

• Initial public release

Bugs and Issues

• None? :P

Please let me know if you have found any bugs. Thanks.

Maverick Woo