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| Thread ID: 100000 | 2009-05-22 10:55:00 | PowerPoint 2007 - 2003 | A Team (13613) | Press F1 |
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| 776048 | 2009-05-22 10:55:00 | Hi. I have created slideshow (in PP 2007) of some 100 slides for a 21st which is composed of some digital images (taken with a digital camera); old photos scanned to Adobe, then added to PP; and old photos scanned to Word, then added to PP. It was some 68 Mb when done. In order to put it on a laptop with PP 2003 installed, I converted it. It now occupies some 220 Mb. It plays, but with difficulty. Is there a way I can get it to run better on that laptop? (If it was all digital images, alone, I'd simply run a slideshow from within Explorer, but it's complicated by teh scanned images in other formats.) Cheers. | A Team (13613) | ||
| 776049 | 2009-05-22 11:03:00 | Converting Powerpoint from 2007 to 2002-03 seems to make the file size blow out to enormous proportions. I had this problem recently and fixed by using OpenOffice to open the 2007 file and save it in a 2002-03 MS compatible version (still using the .ppt file type). It didn't add the bloat. 68 MB is still very large. Have you tried compressing or reducing the resolution of the images? |
Jen (38) | ||
| 776050 | 2009-05-22 11:13:00 | Thanks, Jen. I'll try your first suggestin and let you know. If that doesn't work, I'll try the second. I presume you used the OpenOffice presentation tool? Cheers |
A Team (13613) | ||
| 776051 | 2009-05-22 11:13:00 | Try Office Minimizer: www.balesio.com Has 5 free optimizations, see how that goes. Blam |
Blam (54) | ||
| 776052 | 2009-05-22 11:17:00 | I presume you used the OpenOffice presentation tool?Yes, it is called "Impress" (equivalent to Powerpoint). | Jen (38) | ||
| 776053 | 2009-05-22 11:20:00 | The new PPTX file format for 2007 saves quite a bit of space compared to the older PPT. The size difference you're seeing is similar to what I've seen for Powerpoint doing conversions both ways. Two solutions you could use. Best is to add support for the PPTX file format to your PowerPoint 2003 (www.microsoft.com), and use the PPTX file. Another thing you could try is using the PowerPoint 2007 Viewer (www.microsoft.com) to open the PPTX file. This is also good for PCs that don't have Office on them. Both are just a free download, but check for updates after installing because both of them have updates since they were originally released. |
Saucy (14844) | ||
| 776054 | 2009-05-22 12:00:00 | One other thing, if you want to make the presentation a bit smaller, have you tried the built in compression tool yet? Use Save As, then look for Tools, one of those should be Compress Pictures . That saves downloading extra software if you prefer not to . |
Saucy (14844) | ||
| 776055 | 2009-05-22 12:19:00 | easy --- open PP with the ORIGINAL slide show selected. Click File (orb) Publish > Package for CD - then copy to CD -- It makes a complete show on the CD, all formatting as original , along with the Auto Run once burned to CD - You then simply drop in the CD and away it goes- you dont even need power Point on the PC its playing from. Just done this for my sons school project on Wednesday. |
wainuitech (129) | ||
| 776056 | 2009-05-22 21:13:00 | Excellent suggestions. I'll try them and let you know. | A Team (13613) | ||
| 776057 | 2009-05-23 06:39:00 | Right. Feedback time; Jen. You don't seem to be able to download Inspire, only, so I tried the other things first. Wainuitech. Great idea, but in doing it that way, it seems to save the copy as suitable for all versions and made it 300+ Mb! Saucy. Tried that. Simply didn't work. Blam. Size of PP2003 file reduced to 145Mb from 300+Mb. Now works fine on laptop. Thank you all. Cheers. |
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