PDFs from PPT are ENOURMOUS!

[Tiina Jokinen]

have Powerpoint presentations, fairly simple, mostly text
and simple graphics created with ppt's drawing tools on
program's default templates, maybe some simple clipart
included, files size usually etween 100 and 400 Kb. When I
print these presentations to pdf with distiller printer
driver (in orger to deliver lecture handouts through
internet), I get pdfs that are about five times the
original ppt-filesize, very slow (if not impossible) to
download/open by students, and sometimes impossible to
print (or printing takes half a day...).
I've been having this problems since the recent update into
Win XP from NT4. I also tried printing first to file, then
open the printer file with Distiller to produce pdfs. The
file sizes dropped to double (from above mentioned 5 times)
compared with original ptt-files, but they are still too
large. Any quick fixes to this problem?

 

[Echo S]

When I need to make a PDF of PPT, I print to a regular printer driver,
then rename the PRN file to PS and distill it using Acrobat Distiller.
Changing the Job Options in Distiller makes a big difference in the size
of the files.

I'm sure others will be in shortly to offer more specifics. In the
interim, you can search http://groups.google.com in advanced search
using PDF as keyword and microsoft.public.powerpoint as newsgroup. That
will turn up a number of threads with good information.

 

[Steve Rindsberg, PPTMVP]

Have a look here, Tiina:

Large PDF files from Office applications
http://www.rdpslides.com/psfaq/FAQ00086.htm


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