Powerpoint huge files

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boberjunior

Hi, there,

I make presentation and include pics into it. The problem is that when I add
a jpg that takes approx. 150KB the presentation grows by several MB. Thus by
adding approx. 4 MB of pics I have ended with 500 MB !!! presentation.
Zipping does not help. Does anyone know how to fix it (I have already turned
off "Fast save" option).
B
 
I make presentation and include pics into it. The problem is that when I
add
a jpg that takes approx. 150KB the presentation grows by several MB. Thus by
adding approx. 4 MB of pics I have ended with 500 MB !!! presentation.
Zipping does not help. Does anyone know how to fix it (I have already turned
off "Fast save" option).
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By chance are you pasting these images onto the slides? That will do what
you are describing.

Instead, do Insert > Picture > from file. This way, the file will grow as
you would expect.

John O
 
In addition to what John and TAJ have suggested, are you by chance saving your file so that it is backward compatible with PowerPoint 95. This will also increase your filesize.

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Hi, there,

I make presentation and include pics into it. The problem is that when I add
a jpg that takes approx. 150KB the presentation grows by several MB. Thus by
adding approx. 4 MB of pics I have ended with 500 MB !!! presentation.
Zipping does not help. Does anyone know how to fix it (I have already turned
off "Fast save" option).
B
 
Thanks a lot.
I used the method "drag and drop", had no idea it makes the difference.

B
 
Hi, there,

I make presentation and include pics into it. The problem is that when I add
a jpg that takes approx. 150KB the presentation grows by several MB. Thus by
adding approx. 4 MB of pics I have ended with 500 MB !!! presentation.
Zipping does not help. Does anyone know how to fix it (I have already turned
off "Fast save" option).
B
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In addittion to all that has been said, if youare resizing your
pictures to be smaller after instering them, then you will find a big
benefit in .ppt filesize if you resize the source file first (use a
copy of it) in paint shop and then insert it. This is because
powerpoint will still store all the pixels, even if it will never show
them
 
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