How do I make Power point files smaller so they can be emailled more easily?

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I have winzipped the power point file but it only reduced it from 4mb to 3.6mb which is still rather a lot to email to some computers. Any ideas other than re making the slides and removing most of the features!
 
Care to elaborate on the contents i.e. does it have a large number of pictures?
Zipping is a good idea. sending an unprotected PowerPoint presentation often
becomes corrupted when emailed.

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I have winzipped the power point file but it only reduced it from 4mb to 3.6mb
which is still rather a lot to email to some computers. Any ideas other than re
making the slides and removing most of the features!
 
There are quite a few reasons why PPT files might be larger than you'd
expect:

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

If you've got a fair number of images in the file, 4mb isn't all that big,
really

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Sally said:
I have winzipped the power point file but it only reduced it from 4mb to
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3.6mb which is still rather a lot to email to some computers. Any ideas
other than re making the slides and removing most of the features!
 
[CRITICAL UPDATE - If you are using Office 2003, you should install this
update as soon as possible. From PowerPoint, choose "Help -> Check for
Updates".]

Hello,

PowerPoint 2002 and PowerPoint 2003 provide an image optimization feature
(choose "Compress Picture" from the Picture toolbar), but other kinds of
optimizations (including lossy conversion of OLE objects, removal of hidden
objects, etc.) are not provided through it's user interface (and even
determining which content might be a candidate for optimization can be
difficult). You might also want to turn off the Allow Fast Saves feature
(Tools -> Options) which, as it's name implies, decreases the average time
to save a presentation, but does it at the expense of file size
(presentations files can be much larger than needed).

If you (or anyone else reading this message) think that PowerPoint should
provide better content management tools for finding, changing, replacing,
deleting, OPTIMIZING, etc. linked, embedded, and native content (without
have to resort to VBA or 3rd party add-ins), don't forget to send your
feedback (in YOUR OWN WORDS, please) to Microsoft at:

http://register.microsoft.com/mswish/suggestion.asp

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your wish but also WHY it is important to you that your product suggestion
be implemented by Microsoft. Microsoft receives thousands of product
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that are most important to our customers so take the extra time to state
your case as clearly and completely as possible.

IMPORTANT: Each submission should be a single suggestion (not a list of
suggestions)

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