presentation too big

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Emily

I scanned 215 images directly into powerpoint, not knowing
that this would create too large a file to view the
presentation. Now I can't access the images to edit
them. A friend managed to export all of the slides and
saved them individually as JPEGS, but the problem is that
I hadn't edited the pictures on the slides yet, and some
of them were too large, and didn't fit in the slide, so
when they were saved, it cut off everything that wasn't
within the slide, therefore, they are useless to me. I
need to be able to edit the images in my powerpoint
presentation. What should I do?
Emily
 
I need to be able to edit the images in my powerpoint
presentation. What should I do?
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215 scans, huh? Yuck. :-) What version of PowerPoint do you have, and how
much time do you have before your project deadline?

Second: What exactly do you mean by "too large a file to view the
presentation."? Your system can't run it but your friend can?? If so, tell
us about your system, especially the OS, free HDD space and how much RAM you
have.

John O
 
I scanned 215 images directly into powerpoint, not knowing
that this would create too large a file to view the
presentation. Now I can't access the images to edit
them. A friend managed to export all of the slides and
saved them individually as JPEGS
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If they could do that, it must mean that they were able to open the
presentation.

If they can do that, have them open a copy of the presentation, delete all
but the first 50 slides or so, and save that as a new file. See if you can
open that. If so, they can then save portions of the file in sizes you can
open. You should be ok from there.
 
What I mean by "too large a file to view the presentation"
is that I can open the presentation, but it is SOOO SLOW I
could grow old trying to do anything to it. If I click on
File to open the menu it takes five minutes, then if I
select something on the menu it takes another five
minutes. So trying to do anything to the presentation is
difficult. It took my friend forever to do what she did.

About my computer. I have a Dell Inspiron 2500 with
Microsoft Windows ME. I have 126 MB RAM My System
resources are 46% free, I have a 32 bit File syster, 32
bit Virtual memory, and 32 bit PC card. I have no
deadline for this presentation. It is meant to be a
resource at a museum.

Thanks for your help on this!
 
About my computer. I have a Dell Inspiron 2500 with
Microsoft Windows ME. I have 126 MB RAM My System
resources are 46% free, I have a 32 bit File syster, 32
bit Virtual memory, and 32 bit PC card. I have no
deadline for this presentation. It is meant to be a
resource at a museum.
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That's a modest machine, which is the nice way of saying it's not
particularly powerful, but with the right approach it can do the job. (I
have the 7000, the 9-lb version of the same thing.) If there's any way you
can double your memory, it will help everything you do on that machine. You
also need some free HDD space, 1GB is a good starting point, but more is
always better.

Unless you can get at a more powerful machine to fix or split the
presentation into workable chunks, you might need to start over. I can't get
at Taj's site right now, but his scanning tips are the way to go. Then edit
the images with your favorite photo editor, size them per Taj's instrux, and
then use a batch file importer such as
http://www.rdpslides.com/pptfaq/FAQ00050.htm. Scanning is fast with the
right settings, and the importer is a very fast way to do this project.


John O
 
Thanks to everyone who tried to help me shrink the size of
my presentation.

Gus, your suggestion worked. My presentation was
downsized by 98% using powerlite. I'm buying it. As I
had 215 slides in the presentation, it took about 2 hours
to complete. This has saved me about 25 additional hours
of labor, as I don't have to rescan the book that the
presentation is based on. Thank you.

Emily
 
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