File size

[Tony]

i have a powerpoint file at 38m size, only 20 slides.

after re-size the pictures in powerpoint file, the file goes to 24m.

i wonder the size, therefore, i delete all slides but leave one blank w/o
background.

however the file is still 19m

Can anyone help me to deal with this problem? i am sure there is nothing in
the blank slide.

 

[Geetesh Bajaj]

There are many solutions but the easiest one may be to download a copy of
NXPowerLite from:

http://www.nxpowerlite.com

It is a PowerPoint file optimizer and is free for 10 uses - see if it can
reduce your file size.


--
Geetesh Bajaj, Microsoft PowerPoint MVP
http://www.indezine.com/
http://www.powerpointed.com/

PPT Live - October 12 to 15, 2003
Tucson, AZ
http://www.pptlive.com

 

[Tony]

Ths Geetesh

it works to reduce size but not solved my problem because the file is still
very large.

is it necessary to rebuild the whole file by copy/paste the whole things to
a new powerpoint file.

Thanks.

 

[Tony]

thx a lot. It works.

Not necessarily - have you tried creating a new file and inserting the
slides into that using Insert | Slides From File...

Also, the original file may have a template applied which could be
ballooning the file size - even if you delete all slides, the template
remains as part of the file. Try viewing what's visible in master edit mode
by choosing View | Master | Slide Master (any any other masters there).


--
Geetesh Bajaj, Microsoft PowerPoint MVP
http://www.indezine.com/
http://www.powerpointed.com/

PPT Live - October 12 to 15, 2003
Tucson, AZ
http://www.pptlive.com

 

[TonyRamos]

Tony,

See "Why are my PowerPoint files so big? What can I do about it?" at
the PPT FAQ List: http://www.rdpslides.com/pptfaq/FAQ00062.htm

Good luck,
Tony

Tony Ramos
Specialist in PowerPoint Presentation Design
http://tonyramos.com

 

[Maggie]

Just double check what the type of graphic/ pictures
files you have imported in the file.

bmp files can take up a lot of space
if that is the case, try converting the files to jpeg or
gif.

 

[Steve Rindsberg, PPTMVP]

Just double check what the type of graphic/ pictures
files you have imported in the file.

bmp files can take up a lot of space
if that is the case, try converting the files to jpeg or
gif.

Good point.

BMP files are indeed big on disk, but PowerPoint converts them into PNGs
when you Insert, Picture, From File. It compresses them during conversion,
so they get a good bit smaller.

On the other hand, when you copy/paste from another app, they may well come
in as BMPs (and stay that way, in all their uncompressed, space-hoggin'
glory).

JPGs stay JPGs within the PPT, so if you convert to JPG first, then insert
it, you'll usually get the smallest PPT file size.