How much power to run presentation?

[Ed]

We just finished a presentation on Powerpoint XP, the
file size is 860Mb. Runs OK on the computer that created
it. Transfered to my computer, P4 3GHz, 1Mb RAM Raid 0
drives. It takes about 5 minutes to start the
presentation. Ultimately has to run from our laptop, a
1.7GHz Centrino with 512Mb. It sat for about 15 minutes
on "Starting slide show", when I gave up and ctl-alt-del,
it started the presentation.
Because it is going to be shown in a large projection
screen, the pictures are on high res, therefore the large
size of the file.
Any ideas that might help?
Thank you,
Ed

 

[Glen Millar]

Ed,

First, over scanning images will not help display them on a large screen.

http://office.microsoft.com/en-au/assistance/HA011163551033.aspx

As for why it takes so long to open, do you have Norton running?

Norton Anti-Virus and Office
http://www.rdpslides.com/pptfaq/FAQ00387.htm

Also:

Do this before using PowerPoint seriously
http://www.rdpslides.com/pptfaq/FAQ00034.htm

Hope that helps.
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Regards,

Glen Millar
Microsoft PPT MVP
http://www.powerpointworkbench.com/
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