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Haishan - 12 Jul 2007 18:56 GMT

I created a Powerpoit file sometime ago in Office XP. I edited it several
times in Office 2003. I just noticed that the file size has grown
substentially to about 8MB, making emailing the file a challenge. I tried to
delete all the photos from the file but there was no effect on the file size.
What could be the reason? I don't remember ever saved versioning information
with the file. Where should I look first?

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tohlz - 12 Jul 2007 19:00 GMT

Click Tools > Options > Save tab.
Uncheck Allow fast saves.
Now, save the file under a new filename. See if the size is smaller this
time round.
Also, have a look at:
"Why are my PowerPoint files so big? What can I do about it?"
http://pptfaq.com/FAQ00062.htm

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> I created a Powerpoit file sometime ago in Office XP. I edited it several
> times in Office 2003. I just noticed that the file size has grown
> substentially to about 8MB, making emailing the file a challenge. I tried to
> delete all the photos from the file but there was no effect on the file size.
> What could be the reason? I don't remember ever saved versioning information
> with the file. Where should I look first?

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Haishan - 12 Jul 2007 19:18 GMT

THanks Shawn. I did uncheck fast save feature. It did not reduce the size. I
then deleted all pictures from the file and re-save. That did not help
either. The file now is a text-only, 11-page ppt with no animation, no
embeded font, no narration, no link presentation. It should be maybe 100k.
But it is still 8MB.

I remember there was feature in Office XP that allowed saving various
versions of the same file. That bloats the file size. I can not find if I did
that. Anyway I can find out?

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> Click Tools > Options > Save tab.
> Uncheck Allow fast saves.
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> > What could be the reason? I don't remember ever saved versioning information
> > with the file. Where should I look first?

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Austin Myers - 12 Jul 2007 19:23 GMT

Haishan

Open a new blank presentation and then import the existing slides in one at
a time. Should fix you right up.

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> THanks Shawn. I did uncheck fast save feature. It did not reduce the size.
> I
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David M. Marcovitz - 12 Jul 2007 19:30 GMT

What Austin said, and you might try a Save As and check the Save as type.
Make sure you are saving it as a regular PowerPoint presentation and not
a presentation for versions 95-2003.
--David

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TAJ Simmons - 13 Jul 2007 00:12 GMT

Also try "save as...." and give the file a new name.

also check that fonts are not embedded

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> What Austin said, and you might try a Save As and check the Save as type.
> Make sure you are saving it as a regular PowerPoint presentation and not
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Steve Rindsberg - 13 Jul 2007 14:44 GMT

> THanks Shawn. I did uncheck fast save feature. It did not reduce the size. I
> then deleted all pictures from the file and re-save. That did not help
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> versions of the same file. That bloats the file size. I can not find if I did
> that. Anyway I can find out?

Another trick to toss on the pile:

Roundtrip the file to html and back.

HTML "Round-tripping" to repair corruption
http://www.pptfaq.com/FAQ00526.htm

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