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Tech-Recipes: Powerpoint: Compress and Optimize Presentations (ppt) to Decrease Size | Microsoft Powerpoint | Tech-Recipes

  • jef · 1 year ago
    it didn't work for 2007 powerpoint
  • DeadlyPersona · 10 months ago
    In 2007, you have to click File - Save As and then look all the way to the bottom on the left-hand side and you should see Tools with a drop-down arrow. And I found it only compressed my file from 420kb to 400kb.
  • nikhil · 12 months ago
    fantastic........God Bless You!!
  • Lorena · 11 months ago
    hmmm, I didn't find the "tools" drop down menu in ppt 2007. Instead, by selecting a picture, I got the format tab at the top. Then to the far left a "compress picture" button. This brought up a dialog box that followed along with step 6 on in the above instructions.
  • DeadlyPersona · 10 months ago
    In 2007, you have to click File - Save As and then look all the way to the bottom on the left-hand side and you should see Tools with a drop-down arrow. And I found it only compressed my file from 420kb to 400kb.
  • Anonymous · 7 months ago
    PowerPoint 2000 didn't have a "Compress Pictures" option on the Save As->Tools menu.
  • Anonymous · 7 months ago
    FYI - The methods above only work for office 2002 and later. This link tells you a somewhat slower way that works in office 2000:

    http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/powerpoint/HA...

    Basically, you "cut" or "copy" the big pictures, then Edit->Paste Special and paste them back as a JPG or PNG. Apparently, PowerPoint pastes them as bitmaps by default.
  • Itchy · 7 months ago
    Thank you much!!! 11M -> 3M
    Project emailed -- thanks for the help.
  • Whatever · 6 months ago
    Went from a 7.21 to 3.56! Thanks! I had made a presentation that I thought was pointless because I couldn't email it!
  • dipak · 6 months ago
    thanks , extra ordinary, it works and very useful
  • Hannah · 5 months ago
    THANKYOUU!!!!!
  • Anmol · 4 months ago
    thanxx a tonne.. god bless u... it reduces the size straight by 50% (depending upon the images contained of course)... great tip.. i was finally able to email the once 11.5 MB file after i compressed it to 3.36
    i used to consider myself a pro but didnt know this.. thanks again !!
  • AP · 3 months ago
    Thanks for your idea. My file went from 29MB to 8MB using the compression tool.
  • officeidiot · 5 days ago
    I cannot find the tools menu. it is not on the "Save As" pop down menu