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==Introduction==

Illustrations used in this article are from OnePager Pro using data from Microsoft Project but the features, function, controls, and manual edits apply equally to other OnePager editions that import from data sources like Microsoft Excel, Smartsheet, Oracle Primavera P6, Project Planner, Planisware Enterprise, Asana, and Wrike.

Next to the '''Document width''' control is a button called the '''Automatic Aspect Ratio Button''' shown in the illustration below:

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Often when''' editing''' the '''Chart''' changes are made to its '''width''' or its '''height''' by adding '''rows/swimlanes''', additional '''text columns''', or '''graphs and data cells''', for example.  Doing so changes the '''aspect ratio''' which is the '''ratio of the width to the height''' expressed as ('''width x height'''). It is common for OnePager users to want to '''export''' their '''Charts''' to Microsoft PowerPoint where there are preferred '''aspect ratios '''of '''16x9 '''and '''4x3'''.  OnePager supports these two '''aspect ratios''' and you have the option to '''select''' one or the other using the '''PowerPoint aspect ratio''' control shown above in the illustration of the '''Chart Properties''' form's '''Page Layout''' tab's '''Page Setup''' control group.

The '''Automatic Aspect Ratio Button''' is useful when the '''Chart''' being '''edited''' has drifted from one of the preferred '''PowerPoint aspect ratios''' and you want to bring the '''edited Chart''' back to either the PowerPoint of '''16x9''' or '''4x3 '''quickly without making any computations.  OnePager's '''Automatic Aspect Ratio Button''', when clicked, brings the '''Chart's aspect ratio''' immediately into correspondence with the '''selected setting''' in the '''PowerPoint aspect ratio''' window (i.e., '''16x9''' or '''4x3''') also shown in the illustration above.

For convenience, the '''Automatic Aspect Ratio Button''' is provided in all OnePager series '''Template Properties''' form's '''Page Layout''' tabs as shown here:

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==Automatically Updating the Chart’s Aspect Ratio to Microsoft PowerPoint Aspect Ratios==

As mentioned in the '''Introduction''' above, many OnePager users '''insert '''their OnePager '''Charts''' into Microsoft PowerPoint presentations.  Using Microsoft PowerPoint with OnePager you have the option to use two different '''aspect rations''' – '''16x9''' and '''4x3 width x height'''.  However, during your '''editing '''of OnePager '''Charts''' the '''aspect ratio''' of the '''Chart''' may differ, sometimes significantly, from these two desirable '''aspect ratios'''.  Usually when this happens and you want to maintain the '''16x9''' or '''4x3 aspect ratios''' for Microsoft PowerPoint, you need to '''recalculate''' the '''values''' in the '''Document width''' and/or '''Document height windows'''.  The '''Automatic Aspect Ratio Button''' is an easy '''single click''' way to reestablish the Microsoft PowerPoint '''aspect ratio''' that you set in the '''Chart Properties''' form’s '''Page Layout''' tab’s '''Page Setup''' control group’s Microsoft PowerPoint '''aspect ratio dropdown list selection'''.

Examples are provided below to illustrate the use of the '''Automatic Aspect Ratio Button'''.

==Examples of Resetting OnePager Aspect Ratios to Microsoft PowerPoint Aspect Ratios==

For the purpose of example, the next two sub-sections show how to use the '''Automatic Aspect Ratio Button''' to get to a specific Microsoft Power Point '''aspect ratios'''.

===Reestablishing the Microsoft PowerPoint Aspect Ratio of 16x9===

For this example, suppose the starting '''aspect ratio''' of your OnePager '''Chart''', as shown below, is '''14.0x8.6''' or '''1.63''':

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The illustration above is a complete view of the OnePager '''Chart Editor''' showing the '''Chart '''and the unused space to the right.  The '''Chart Properties''' form’s '''Page Layout''' tab indicates that the '''Document width''' is '''14.0''' and the '''Document height''' is '''8.6''' which, taken together, is an '''aspect ratio''' ('''width x height''') of '''1.63'''.

Clicking the '''Automatic Aspect Ratio Button''' as shown below, sets up OnePager to '''automatically resets''' the '''Document width''' to '''15.3''' with the '''Document height''' remaining the same for a new '''aspect ratio''' of '''1.78''' ('''16x9''').  This change matches the setting in the '''PowerPoint aspect ratio''' window in the '''Page Setup''' control group in the form shown below:

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Note that the '''Chart '''has not changed in the illustration above.  The change does not take effect until the '''OK''' or '''Apply''' button on the '''Chart Properties''' form is clicked as shown in the illustration below:

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The illustration above, where the '''Chart Properties''' form has not changed position in the '''Chart Editor''' shows that the '''width''' of the '''Chart''' increased to put the '''16x9''' or '''1.78 aspect ratio '''into effect.

This change was done without the need for you to '''recalculate''' the new '''Document width'''.

===Reestablishing the Microsoft PowerPoint Aspect Ratio of 4x3===

For second example, suppose the starting '''aspect ratio''' of your OnePager '''Chart''', as shown below, is '''14.0x8.6 '''or '''1.63''':

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The illustration above is a complete view of the OnePager '''Chart Editor''' showing the '''Chart '''and the unused space to the right.  The '''Chart Properties''' form’s '''Page Layout''' tab indicates that the '''Document width''' is '''14.0''' and the '''Document height''' is '''8.6''' which, taken together, is an '''aspect ratio''' ('''width x height''') of '''1.63'''.

Clicking the '''Automatic Aspect Ratio Button''' as shown below, sets up OnePager to '''automatically resets''' the '''Document width''' to '''11.5''' with the '''Document height''' remaining the same for a new '''aspect ratio''' of '''1.33''' ('''4x3''').  This change matches the setting in the '''PowerPoint aspect ratio''' window in the '''Page Setup''' control group in the form shown below:

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Note that the '''Chart '''has not changed in the illustration above.  The change does not take effect until the '''OK''' or '''Apply''' button on the '''Chart Properties''' form is clicked as shown in the illustration below:

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The illustration above, where the '''Chart Properties''' form has not changed position in the '''Chart Editor''' shows that the '''width''' of the '''Chart''' increased to put the '''4x3''' or '''1.33 aspect ratio '''into effect.

This change was done without the need for you to '''recalculate''' the new '''Document width'''.

==Summary==

The '''Automatic Aspect Ratio Button''' on the '''Template Properties''' and '''Chart Properties''' form’s '''Page Layout''' tab’s '''Document Setup''' control group is provided so that you can quickly '''reset''' the '''aspect ratio''' of your '''Chart '''in the '''Chart Editor''' to an '''aspect ratio''' suitable and acceptable to '''exporting''' the '''Chart''' to Microsoft PowerPoint in support of a schedule conversation or presentations.

==Related Links==

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| [https://www.onepager.com/support/faq.php?id=241 Fitting Your Chart to 16X9 PowerPoint Slides]
|}

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