Determining picture size

[Guest]

I receive ppt presentations with lots of pictures, some of which make the
file size extremely large. To identify the "offending" pictures, I delete
one picture at a time, save the presentation, and note the resulting file
size decrease. I can then edit the appropriate pictures to make them
smaller. This is a rather tedious process!

I'd like to find an easier way to determine picture size; preferably through
VB or .Net. I've gotten to the point where I can, in a self-written macro,
select and modify each shape on each slide. I can't find any property,
however, related to size. Should I use the "width" and "height" properties?
These don't seem to be related to file or element size.

If there is a better forum for this question, please let me know.

Thanks for your help!
Bob

 

[Troy @ TLC Creative]

Quickest way (for me) is to either reset image (I add a reset button to my
toolbar) to see if it grows to enormous size (if not I simply do a CTRL-Z to
put it back the way it was) or to double click image to bring up properties,
go the SIZE tab and see what the SCALE %, if it is a small number (ie 25%)
you know it is a big image.

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Best Regards,
Troy Chollar
TLC Creative Services, Inc.
troy at tlc creative dot com
www dot tlccreative dot com
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[Guest]

Thanks - that does help! For large presentations, it's still a lot of steps,
so I'm still interested in a programmatic way to do this. That way, for a
presentation with 80 slides and up to 10 pictures on each slide, I can look
at the list and hone in on the large pictures.

In the meantime, I'll use your very helpful suggestions.

Thanks again!
Bob

 

[Steve Rindsberg]

Thanks - that does help! For large presentations, it's still a lot of steps,
so I'm still interested in a programmatic way to do this. That way, for a
presentation with 80 slides and up to 10 pictures on each slide, I can look
at the list and hone in on the large pictures.

Bob, have a look here:

Insert a picture at the correct size
http://www.rdpslides.com/pptfaq/FAQ00329.htm

It's not precisely what you're after, but this bit:

' Rescale the picture to its "natural" size
With oPicture
.Scaleheight 1, msoTrue
.Scalewidth 2, msoTrue
End with

will set your picture back to its default size (ie, whatever size PPT imported it
at). For some formats like TIF that can include sizing info, you can't count on
this working correctly.

 

[TAJ Simmons]

BobMed,

To identify the "offending" pictures, I delete
one picture at a time, save the presentation, and note the resulting file
size decrease.

That's one quick and dirty way. I like the "press the pagedown key" tip. The time powerpoint takes to display the
picture is normally relative to how much of an overkill it is in pixels.


Cheers
TAJ Simmons
microsoft powerpoint mvp

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[Enric]

Bob,

http://www.rdpslides.com/pptfaq/FAQ00526.htm

If you *Round-trip* your presentation you'll get a folder with a list, that
you can arrange by size... to see which one is *the guilty*...

Cordialmente

 

[Steve Rindsberg]

Bob,

http://www.rdpslides.com/pptfaq/FAQ00526.htm

If you *Round-trip* your presentation you'll get a folder with a list, that
you can arrange by size... to see which one is *the guilty*...

That would be FAR too simple.

[slaps self on head]

 

[Enric]

You have written all of it... It's up to us to just *to remember* it...

;-)

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Enric Mañas [MS MVP PowerPoint]

Bob,

http://www.rdpslides.com/pptfaq/FAQ00526.htm

If you *Round-trip* your presentation you'll get a folder with a list,
that
you can arrange by size... to see which one is *the guilty*...

That would be FAR too simple.

[slaps self on head]

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PPT FAQ: www.pptfaq.com
PPTools: www.pptools.com
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[Guest]

Neat! Actually, I don't have to complete the round trip if I don't need a
"fixed" version of the presentation. I did the round trip and found that the
resulting file was the same size as the original.

Now all I gotta do is clean up the new folder!

Thanks,
Bob

Bob,

http://www.rdpslides.com/pptfaq/FAQ00526.htm

If you *Round-trip* your presentation you'll get a folder with a list, that
you can arrange by size... to see which one is *the guilty*...

Cordialmente

--
Enric Mañas [MS MVP PowerPoint]

Bob, have a look here:

Insert a picture at the correct size
http://www.rdpslides.com/pptfaq/FAQ00329.htm

It's not precisely what you're after, but this bit:

' Rescale the picture to its "natural" size
With oPicture
.Scaleheight 1, msoTrue
.Scalewidth 2, msoTrue
End with

will set your picture back to its default size (ie, whatever size PPT
imported it
at). For some formats like TIF that can include sizing info, you can't
count on
this working correctly.





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Steve Rindsberg, PPT MVP
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PPTools: www.pptools.com
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