Unable to fully compress pictures in powerpoint presentation

[Sharon]

Hi,

I frequently use the compress picture functionality in PowerPoint. Lately I
have found out that not all images can be compressed. Picture that were
inserted using the "insert>picture>from file" are compressed well. Pictures
that were inserted using the "edit>paste" are not compressed.

Since I frequently edit others presentations, I usually do not know how
pictures were inserted. When I suspect that certain picture cannot be
compressed, I cut it and then paste it using the paste special to paste it in
a jpeg format, and afterwards compress it.

Is there any way to find out which picture can be compressed and which can
not?

Sharon

 

[John Wilson]

Sharon

" Pictures that were inserted using the "edit>paste" are not compressed."

Depends on where they were copied from to some extent.
Chances are that "pictures" that cannot be compressed are in fact objects, a
quick check would be right click - does the menu that appears say "format
picture" or "format object"?

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[Sandy]

Sharon,

In addition what John and Steve said, consider trying out NXPLite. It's an
inexpensive PowerPoint addin that allows you to control the compression of
your images. There is a free trial available...