Well yes, WAV files are uncompressed sound files, while MP3's are very
compressed sound files. The sound file will expand greatly when converting
to WAV format.
There are a few solutions that you may want to consider.
1) Move the MP3 to the same folder as the PowerPoint file before linking to
it. Then send both the sound file and the presentation together. Instruct
the end user to move both files to a folder before running the presentation.
2) Zip the folder with the two above files and send that. You will not get
much additional compression (both PPT and MP3 use very good file compression
algorithms) but you will get a single file.
3) Try to fool computer into thinking an MP3 is really a WAV file (and
therefore embeddable) but play it as an MP3 file. This technique uses a
RIFF_WAV file. Check the section titled Quick Fix for MP3 Sounds on
http://www.rdpslides.com/pptfaq/FAQ00155.htm
I would also take a few minutes to look over
http://www.pptfaq.com/FAQ00062.htm just to make sure it is ONLY the wav file
making your presentation so large.
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Bill Dilworth
A proud member of the Microsoft PPT MVP Team
Users helping fellow users.
http://billdilworth.mvps.org
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