Compressing Pictures

[Virgo]

I know how to compress the pics in a presentation if the file of the picture
is inserted. My question is can compression be done if the pictures are
inserted as slide backgrounds. Thank you in advance.

 

[Michael Koerner]

Which version of PowerPoint are you using?

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Michael Koerner
MS MVP - PowerPoint


I know how to compress the pics in a presentation if the file of the picture
is inserted. My question is can compression be done if the pictures are
inserted as slide backgrounds. Thank you in advance.

 

[Virgo]

I can do it on a couple of versions. My husband's work computer, (I'm trying
to help him with a presentation for work) has 2000 on it. I have2003 on mine
right now. Sorry, I should have mentioned that.

 

[Michael Koerner]

AFAIK PowerPoint will do it's own compression on the images in both 2000 and 2003. You may want to have a look here for some assistance also. http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/powerpoint/HA011168821033.aspx

--
Michael Koerner
MS MVP - PowerPoint


I can do it on a couple of versions. My husband's work computer, (I'm trying
to help him with a presentation for work) has 2000 on it. I have2003 on mine
right now. Sorry, I should have mentioned that.

 

[Virgo]

Mike,

Thank you. I checked the link, but only saw what I'd already known, as I'd
mentioned, how to compress the file size of pictures. However, when a pic is
inserted as a slide background there's no way to access it. That was done on
every slide.

I even tried to insert a pic on an added slide, just to be able to access
the formatting of the picture commands and then chose the compress all, but
that did not change the document size by an major amount--certainly not all
the pics in the presentation--it is still virtually the same size as before
compression.

 

[Tom]

I think you'll find that the PPTminimizer software from Balesio will reduce
the size considerably.

http://www.pptminimizer.com/eng/index.php

Or try NXPowerLite

http://www.neuxpower.com/products/

Both have a trial so you can try it out. I'm not affiliated with either of
these companies but use their produicts for cases like this.

Good luck!

 

[Michael Koerner]

The answer AFAIK is No. You would have compress the image before you brining it in as a background image.

--
Michael Koerner
MS MVP - PowerPoint


Mike,

Thank you. I checked the link, but only saw what I'd already known, as I'd
mentioned, how to compress the file size of pictures. However, when a pic is
inserted as a slide background there's no way to access it. That was done on
every slide.

I even tried to insert a pic on an added slide, just to be able to access
the formatting of the picture commands and then chose the compress all, but
that did not change the document size by an major amount--certainly not all
the pics in the presentation--it is still virtually the same size as before
compression.

 

[Sandy Johnson]

Virgo,

In 2003 you could perform a Save Background then change the existing
background to white to eliminate the image. Then insert the Saved image into
your slide master and compress from there.

Sandy