130 MB File!? Just a view pictures - That's not possible!!

[steph]

Hi,

My wife has produce a 130 MB power point file which she wants to
transfer via email - which is not possible of course!

What I don't understand is, why is this file so big?? There are just
about 10 jpegs in it, but the size of each is 200k maximum! What is in
this file to make it so big?

I found this http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/powerpoint/HA011168821033.aspx
document of microsoft, but it does not really help me, as it does not
explain how to turn off review for a given file. I've got powerpoint
2002 and in menu Tools ->Options there is no preferences-tab where i
can set email options.

this whole problem cost me now 3 hours and i still see no way to
reduce the size of this damn file. please help! it's rather urgnt.

thanks,
Stephan

 

[Echo S]

Why are my PowerPoint files so big? What can I do about it?
http://www.pptfaq.com/FAQ00062.htm

 

[Guest]

Couple of things to try (I'm assuming 2002/2003 version?)
Tools > Options > Turn off "Enable Fast save" and never ever turn it back on

In the picture toolbar choose comress picture icon > compress all > web format

If this fails cut each pic and "Paste special" as a jpg see if that helps.

 

[Steve Rindsberg]

Hi,

My wife has produce a 130 MB power point file which she wants to
transfer via email - which is not possible of course!

What I don't understand is, why is this file so big?? There are just
about 10 jpegs in it, but the size of each is 200k maximum! What is in
this file to make it so big?

I found this http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/powerpoint/HA011168821033.aspx
document of microsoft, but it does not really help me, as it does not
explain how to turn off review for a given file.

There are probably 20 other suggestions there as well. Review is the least
likely culprit. Have you tried all of the suggestions there?

Did your wife drag the pictures into PPT or copy/paste them from another
program? That could well be the problem. Insert, Picture, From File will only
increase the PPT file size by the size of the JPG, more or less.

 

[William_Peterson via OfficeKB.com]

Maybe converting PowerPoint to Flash can help you. You can see a sample of
converting 41MB PowerPoint to 1.1MB Flash presentation at:
http://www.sameshow.com/ppt2flash/samples3.html

It's not any magic.
You can have a free trial by yourself at
http://www.sameshow.com/download/ppt2flash-download.html

)

 

[Bill Dilworth]

Hi Stephan,

You may benefit from using my free SizeMe add-in. It will show you the size
of everything in your presentation.
http://billdilworth.mvps.org/SizeMe.htm


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[Guest]

Also try this. Simply resave the file, but instead of the standard Save, use
Save As. I've seen this step alone dramatically decrease file sizes.

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