Powerpoint File Sizes

[phil.hudson]

Just stumbled across a quick way to reduce the size of those bloated PowerPoint files by optimising the images in one go.
Usually large PP files are due to oversized and high DPI images. If you right click on an image and select format picture you get a dialogue box with crops and image control and stuff. Hit compress you get a further dialogue box where you can select to optimise all the images in the presentation - maybe to web/screen dpi of 72.
Takes a while on a big file, but I've just reduced a 55Mb PP file down to 5Mb. Doesn't half run a lot quicker, too.

[CADTutor]

Phil

Great tip and welcome to the forum :D

That should help those who insist on copying and pasting images into PowerPoint rather than going through the Insert menu.

[Gwenojenn]

Thanks for the tip ;)
Just one thing, which version of PowerPoint are you running?
I`ve just been trying that at work, we`ve got the 2000 version ... and it does not offer me the `compress` option ... :(

Presumably you`re running Powerpoint XP, is that right?
Thanks

Gwenojenn

[phil.hudson]

oops. you're dead right, I was talking about XP. Should have metioned that.
Sorry if you're feeling left out
:oops:

[Mr T]

I use poor wee '97.

Nick