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Reducing ppt size
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mchero
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Reducing ppt size
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Hi everyone,
Does anyone have any idea why my ppt �s become so huge even if the inserted pics are small?
I �ve just tried a ppt with 5 slides only, one picture on each slide, 40-80 KB each.
The ppt was over 3 MB!
Why is that? What can I do?
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20 Oct 2010
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ELOJOLIE274
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sometimes the background used in the powerpoint is very heavy: try to change it to the simplest one available and check the size!
have a nice day!
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20 Oct 2010
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mchero
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I �ve tried, now everything is white. But it �s still well over 2 MB, and I haven �t included half of the pics :(
Thanks anyway.
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20 Oct 2010
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ELOJOLIE274
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are your images saved on your computer? are they in .jpeg? try to reduce their size to the minimum possible.
sometimes it helps to save the ppt as a new ptt - once one of my ppt was over 5MB and when I did that the new ppt was around 500Ko...
good luck!
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20 Oct 2010
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gkole70
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Delete changes, or copy and save to a new file? I have gotten rid of a lot of volume that way before. |
20 Oct 2010
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lizsantiago
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you are probably copy/pasting the picture. dont do that always save the pic in your computer the go to insert picture and look for it on your file. when you copy/paste you are making the picture a bipmap which is a larger image of it. |
21 Oct 2010
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debk2000
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Hello. I just had a similar problem with a PPT I want to upload soon. Did you try compressing the pictures?
Here is what I did:
Right click on the picture.
Show picture Toolbar.
Choose the option "Compress pictures."
When a new box appears, choose the following:
Apply to: "All pictures in Document"
Change Resolution: "Web/Screen" (96 dpi)
Options: Make sure "Compress pictures" and "Delete cropped area of pictures" are selected.
Ok
This is from PPT 2003 so newer versions may be a little different, but I �m sure it would be the same basic idea.
This really reduced the size of my PPT and the picture quality wasn �t too drastically diminished in my opinion.
Just something to try.... :) |
21 Oct 2010
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edrodmedina
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Which picture format is the smallest? Tiff, png, jpeg, bmp, gif? Ed |
21 Oct 2010
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mchero
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Sure, I always tried with copy-paste, never with Insert a picture. I �ll try it. Also the compression. Thanks for your help!
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21 Oct 2010
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zailda
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If you copy and paste pictures, reduce them to the size you want in the document, then click on the picture and press Ctrl + X - the picture will "disappear". In the word tools you �ll see (top left): paste. Click there and choose "special paste" and choose the format jpg. (PNG is the heaviest) - your picture will reappear and its size will decrease drasticaly.
Hope it helps. |
22 Oct 2010
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mchero
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�Insert a picture � helped. The document is only 500KB now. Thanks for everyone!
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22 Oct 2010
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