PPTools Optimizer

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Vista Home Premium SP1 32-bit, PowerPoint 2007 ( trial version )
I am probably posting to the wrong newsgroup, but since it is related to
power point, I'll give it a try.
I have downloaded PPTools Optimizer. When I tried to run it, I was told it
could not be done because I needed to give " read & write " permission. I
never have the need to play with the security and permissions, so I am not
sure how to.
Can some one lead me through this. Obviously I am not a geek, but I am quite
comfortable with computer.
P.S. Is there another comparable software with which I can " shrink " the
size of the PP file ? Thank you.
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Thank you. Will give it a try.
But first, I have to download the software again.
I had un-installed it, my temper got the better of me.
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[Keysha Charleen]

PPTools are PowerPoint add-ins, small programs that attach themselves to
PowerPoint and enhance it in various useful ways.PPTools make you more
productive with PowerPoint.With PPTools, you can do more with PowerPoint
and do it faster and more efficiently than you ever dreamed possible.But
one of Optimizer's handy options is to dispose of the data in the charts
and spreadsheets embedded in your presentation, leaving only a picture.
What you see is what they get. And no more.Your data's still safe in
your Excel files on your computer and in the original PowerPoint
presentation, but it's no longer in the Optimized version that you
distribute.

 

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Short version: Run the installer again; this time, don't accept the default
location; instead, click Browse and choose your Username folder to install
to.

I follow the instruction stated above. It did not ask for read/write
permissions any more.
I ran it, and it went as far to the point where the little dialog box that
says, " Optimizing...... setting up. " IT STOPPED THERE.
I waited for over 1/2 hour, nothing moved. I put the curser over the "
setting up ", and I saw a word " working ".
That was it. I clicked the red X and got out.
So, what's next ?
Brief run down of what I did :
Save the presentation, then -----
Click Add-ins > PPTools > RNR Optimizer > Optimize >OK > and the dialog
described above. No more action from then on.
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