Why when you paste a small picture from another
application into a slide does the file size become huge.
Whereas if you "insert" the same file the filesize
remains the same?
This doesn't always happen. It depends on the program you're copy/pasting
from. If it can create embedded OLE objects, that's the default that gets
pasted into PPT. You get the entire original image as an OLE object AND you
get a picture of it for PPT to display. The picture is in WMF format, which
can only display images as uncompressed BMPs. So that's what you get. HUGE
things, those uncompressed BMPs.
Instead of pasting, use Paste Special and choose PNG or JPG.
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Steve Rindsberg, PPT MVP
PPT FAQ:
www.pptfaq.com
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www.pptools.com
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