Compressing pictures (PowerPoint 2000)

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Hello Everybody!

I have received a presentation, that is about 100 MB large. It contains a lot of pictures, which are reduced to a size of about 25% (Graphic | Properties | Size). I know that from Version 2002 on there is an internal function to reduce the original size to the shown size. Is there a function in 2000 as well, or will I have to use external tools?

If someone has a hint for me, it will be very appreciated!

Thank you in advance.

Many greetings, Porley

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(Edited by WendellB on 16-Sep-04 14:28. Activate web links)

Porley,

It’s either a case of doing it do it manually or using a third part application.

See,
Why are my PowerPoint files so big? What can I do about it?
http://www.rdpslides.com/pptfaq/FAQ00062.htm%5B/url%5D

And
Tutorial on Powerpoint Graphics – avoiding the filesize bloat
http://www.powerpointbackgrounds.com/powerpointgraphics.htm%5B/url%5D

And
Presentation optimizer
http://www.rdpslides.com/pptools/FAQ00013.htm%5B/url%5D

nx powerlite
http://www.nxpowerlite.com/%5B/url%5D

To do it manually

In powerpoint . select the picture…edit > copy . Start MS Photo Editor (nothing else will do…not photoshop not psp)
Edit > Paste
Save the picture as PNG or JPG
Then re-size the picture (using your favorite pixel basher) to the correct amount of pixels (see tutorial on graphics above)
Then Insert > picture from file (in powerpoint)
Re-size be using the corner handles to avoid distortion.

Cheers
TAJ Simmons
microsoft powerpoint mvp

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Thanks for your answer. If you use an external tool, you may also take IrfanView. It is very simple and effective.
* Copy the resized picture to the clipboard
* switch to IrfanView
* Insert picture from clipboard
* Copy picture to clipboard again
* switch to PowerPoint
* Insert picture from clipboard
It will have the same size as before and the same quality (at least, I did not see it on the printout). Only now the picture shows a scale factor of 100% and not a smaller one. So the presentation can be shrinked easily and very fast. Nevertheless, you have to take an external tool… and this I wanted to prevent.

Many greetings, Porley

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The RnR Optimizer (and, I believe, the nxlite optimizer also) is most definitely a third-party tool, but it is at least a PPT add-in, so you can compress your images within PPT without having to rebuild the entire presentation.

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The RnR Optimizer (and, I believe, the nxlite optimizer also) is most definitely a third-party tool, but it is at least a PPT add-in, so you can compress your images within PPT without having to rebuild the entire presentation.

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Thanks for your answer. If you use an external tool, you may also take IrfanView. It is very simple and effective.
* Copy the resized picture to the clipboard
* switch to IrfanView
* Insert picture from clipboard
* Copy picture to clipboard again
* switch to PowerPoint
* Insert picture from clipboard
It will have the same size as before and the same quality (at least, I did not see it on the printout). Only now the picture shows a scale factor of 100% and not a smaller one. So the presentation can be shrinked easily and very fast. Nevertheless, you have to take an external tool… and this I wanted to prevent.

Many greetings, Porley

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