[Year 12 IPM] Compressing Powerpoint Files_OT

[Joseph Papaleo]

Anne,
Using "Insert -> Picture -> From File"  instead of copying and pasting or
dragging in also dramatically reduces the final product.

Joseph Papaleo


On 9/12/06, Keith Richardson <keithcr at fastmail.fm> wrote:
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> Anne - the most important thing with Powerpoint files is that the
> pictures MUST be of a small filesize first. If not they will bloat the
> powerpoint filesize beyond recognition.
> Therefore, take each of the images, note the final screen dimensions you
> want (e.g. 300pixels wide for example) then using a program such as
> Irfanview, resize (Ctrl-R) to this, and apply a compression of, say 80,
> when saving to a jpg file type.
> Then delete each of the images and re-insert the size-reduced ones.
> Sounds messy, and it is, but the file size will reduce dramatically.
> NOTE - obviously, small sized images should have been used in the first
> place, but most of us forget about that.
> Cheers, Keith
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