PPT File size

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Alan Brown

I am trying to edit a ppt file to make it smaller so it
can be easily e-mailed. The more I edit a ppt file, the
larger it gets. How can I make the file size smaller
after editing?
 
Go to Tools > Options > Save and tun off Fast Saves. That is what is making
your file larger each time. Then save the presentation with a new name.
Compare the new size to the old file. I'm sure that you will find that you
have now removed the "bloat".
 
Go to Tools > Options > Save and tun off Fast Saves. That is what is
making
your file larger each time. Then save the presentation with a new name.
Compare the new size to the old file. I'm sure that you will find that you
have now removed the "bloat".
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Does MS own stock in Seagate or something? I'm amazed that this feature is
still enabled by default, given that it has no value whatsoever in 2003. Hey
John Langhans...is there some reason for this setting that isn't obvious?

John O
 
Hello,

The latest version of PowerPoint for Windows, PowerPoint 2003, also has the
"Allow fast saves" option turned on by default.

If you feel strongly that this feature should be turned off by default,
don't forget to send your feedback to Microsoft at:

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

As with all product suggestions, it's important that you not just state
your wish but also why it is important to you that your product suggestion
be implemented by Microsoft. Microsoft receives thousands of product
suggestions every day and we read each one but, in any given product
development cycle, there are only sufficient resources to address the ones
that are most important to our customers so take the extra time to state
your case as clearly and completely as possible. Each submission should be
a single suggestion (not a list of suggestions).

John Langhans

Supportability Program Manager
Microsoft Office PowerPoint for Windows
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The latest version of PowerPoint for Windows, PowerPoint 2003, also has the
"Allow fast saves" option turned on by default.
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A search for Fast Saves in this newsgroup's archive will be far more
powerful than my single wish. After all, I need it "so others will have
smaller and more secure presentations"? I've sent my wish anyway. :-)

I also suspect that Fast Saves are partly to blame for the file corruption
that is likely when saving to floppies, too. Ppt is possibly the only modern
applictation that still utilizes fast saves...the rest of Office gave up on
it long ago as did everyone else. An educator's listserv I frequent has many
examples of "my students have been working on their presentations all week,
and today they won't open!!!" Not Word, not Excel....just PowerPoint.
Coincidence? I think not. :-)

Thanks John.
 
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