removing soundtrack from PP

[Mike]

Greetings to all,.

Ive created a powerpoint pres, using a soundtrack that has
a size of 44mb. This will not play on older laptops so,
ive now compressed it to mp3 which gives the soundtrack at
3.5mb - ideal for this laptop,however, trying to remove
the original soundtrack is the problem. Although i delete
the sound icon and resave the file, its still well over
44mb. The original file before the soundtrack went in was
2.6mb. How can i get this file size back to before the
sound was included ?

Thanks in advance for any suggestions..

Regards

Mike

 

[Kathy J]

Mike,
Let's try the simplest thing first: DO you have Fast Saves turned on? Go to
Tools--> Options--> Save tab and uncheck the box for Fast Saves. Now, resave
the file under a new name. Did the file size shrink the way you wanted it
to?

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[mike]

HI Kathy

Thanks for the reply..

Tried as you suggested but PP insists on saving the file
as 44mb still, even as a new file. Doesnt play the
soundtrack though, ... Must admit that im at a loss..#
Ive tried to edit, select all the pages, (with the
soundtrack not included) and paste them to a different
file too.. still no joy...


????

MIke

 

[Kathy J]

Okay - let's try something else. I am wondering if the sound files are
attached somewhere else. Do a save as HTML on the file. Does the resulting
folder have any sound files in it?

--
Kathryn Jacobs, Microsoft MVP PowerPoint and OneNote
Author of Kathy Jacobs on PowerPoint - Available now from Holy Macro! Books
Get PowerPoint answers at http://www.powerpointanswers.com
Featured Presenter at PPT 2004 - http://www.pptlive.com
Need to learn about advanced PowerPoint Animations? Check out:
http://www.eclecticacademy.com/newclasses.htm#pptanim

I believe life is meant to be lived. But:
if we live without making a difference, it makes no difference that we lived