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by - delegate Amanda [2 posts] (2008 Feb 26 Tue, 16:18) Reply

What is the best way of reducing the size of a powerpoint file?

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RE: size of powerpoint files

by - trainer Mark gold contributer [180 posts] (2008 Feb 29 Fri, 12:19) Reply

hello Amanda hope you are well

now the best ways to reduce the size of your file the first one is from within PowerPoint if your file has many pictures within it, then the thing to do is click on one of your pictures on a slide, the picture toolbar should then appear. You will find a compress picture button which will allow you to compress the selected picture or all pictures which will help

If this doesn't help as much you could try adding this file to winzip by right clicking on the file and choosing add to winzip

Please let me know how you get on

Many thanks

Mark East

RE: size of powerpoint files

by - delegate Amanda [2 posts] (2008 Mar 13 Thu, 15:56) Reply

Dear Mark,

Thanks very much for the advice. I never knew pictures could be compressed but I do know about winzip.

Thanks again.

Amanda

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Reduce PowerPoint file sizes

In PowerPoint, images often take up a lot of space which can lead to difficulties when it comes to emailing files. Luckily PowerPoint does contain some tools to help deal with this issue.

1. Disable the Fast Save feature - so that any changes you make will be immediately reflected in the file size. Go to Tools > Options > Save and deselect 'Allow fast saves'.

2. PowerPoint has an inbuilt compression tool, which is located on the Picture Toolbar.

If the Picture toolbar is not visible on your screen, go to View > Toolbars > Picture.

To compress or reduce the size of a picture, select the picture then click the Compress Pictures button on the Picture Toolbar. You can also right-click on a picture to access the option to compress it.

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