Slide sizes

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Jon S.

Is there any way to find out the size of each individual
slide in a presentation? I have a presentation that has a
bunch of embedded graphics, and the entire file is too
large. I'd like to get size information (similar to what
you see in the file's Properies data, for each individual
slide, so I can quickly pinpoint where the really large
slides are. I realize I could go to every image and
resize them, but that's really tedious.

Jon.
 
Is there any way to find out the size of each individual
slide in a presentation? I have a presentation that has a
bunch of embedded graphics, and the entire file is too
large. I'd like to get size information (similar to what
you see in the file's Properies data, for each individual
slide, so I can quickly pinpoint where the really large
slides are. I realize I could go to every image and
resize them, but that's really tedious.
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Search the newsgroup back a week or so ...this same question came up and got
thoroughly discussed.

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Steve,
I've searched using keywords like "individual slide size
properties..." but the relevant hits seem to deal with the
full presentation size issues. Can you point me to the
discussion you mentioned?
Thanks,
Jon.
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See the thread started by Jacquie on 7-30-04, subject: slide size.
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Jon S. said:
Steve,
I've searched using keywords like "individual slide size
properties..." but the relevant hits seem to deal with the
full presentation size issues. Can you point me to the
discussion you mentioned?
Thanks,
Jon.
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http://www.google.com/groups?safe=images&ie=UTF-8&as_ugroup=microsoft.public.po
werpoint&as_usubject=slide%20size&as_drrb=b&as_mind=12&as_minm=7&as_miny=2004&a
s_maxd=6&as_maxm=8&as_maxy=2004&lr=&hl=en

It's like the second link on that page ... a thread started by Jacquie.


Steve,
I've searched using keywords like "individual slide size
properties..." but the relevant hits seem to deal with the
full presentation size issues. Can you point me to the
discussion you mentioned?
Thanks,
Jon.
-----Original Message-----
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OK- I read that thread, but it looks like Jacquie didn't
get her answer. Most answers dealt with slide DIMENSIONS,
not size in bytes, as she originally asked -- except for
the last post that suggested saving the file with and
without each slide to get an idea of each slide's impact
on the total file size.
So can I conclude that it can't be done, other than by
saving a 40-slide presentation 39 times - each time
omitting one slide (whew!!!)?

Jon.

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http://www.google.com/groups?safe=images&ie=UTF- 8&as_ugroup=microsoft.public.po
werpoint&as_usubject=slide%
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20size&as_drrb=b&as_mind=12&as_minm=7&as_miny=2004&a
s_maxd=6&as_maxm=8&as_maxy=2004&lr=&hl=en

It's like the second link on that page ... a thread started by Jacquie.


Steve,
I've searched using keywords like "individual slide size
properties..." but the relevant hits seem to deal with the
full presentation size issues. Can you point me to the
discussion you mentioned?
Thanks,
Jon.
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If your looking for a single graphic that is large (which I think you
said earlier), you could try saving the file as a web page. Then you can
use Windows to list the resulting files by size. The list will include
each graphic separately. It won't tell you which slide the graphic is
on, but you can open the graphic and then find it easily in the slide
show. Unfortunately, I think that the graphics will be compressed so
this might or might not help.
--David

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Actually Jon, saving each slide as a separate presentation won't give you an
accurate picture of the size of each slide. Why? Because each presentation
file will have all the overhead of a presentation file and none of the
compression. (For example: Same graphic in multiple places in your
presentation? PPT knows it and only creates it once. Save it separate files
and you get the full file size with each presentation file, instead of only
once.)

David's answer will get you closer. Again, though, it will save the graphic
for every slide, not just once. (But you can tell which graphics go with
which slides. The names of the files will give you pretty good hints.)

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Jon S. said:
OK- I read that thread, but it looks like Jacquie didn't
get her answer. Most answers dealt with slide DIMENSIONS,
not size in bytes, as she originally asked -- except for
the last post that suggested saving the file with and
without each slide to get an idea of each slide's impact
on the total file size.
So can I conclude that it can't be done, other than by
saving a 40-slide presentation 39 times - each time
omitting one slide (whew!!!)?

Jon.

-----Original Message-----
http://www.google.com/groups?safe=images&ie=UTF- 8&as_ugroup=microsoft.public.po
werpoint&as_usubject=slide%
Click to expand...
20size&as_drrb=b&as_mind=12&as_minm=7&as_miny=2004&a
s_maxd=6&as_maxm=8&as_maxy=2004&lr=&hl=en

It's like the second link on that page ... a thread started by Jacquie.


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Yes, I realize there's lots of overhead, and multiply-
inserted images are only stored once (at least I would
hope so). In my case there are no duplicated images, and
there are no special features on some slides that are not
on other slides -- each slide is just a bunch of text and
inserted images. Therefore the difference in file size
between the full presentation, and the same presentation
minus one of the slides, should give a pretty good
estimate of that slide's contribution compared to other
slides.
Nonetheless, this approach is WAY too tedius. It would be
easier to simply cut/paste each image into an image-editor
like Photoshop as see how big (in bytes or pixels) it is.

So I guess the answer to the original question is still No.

Thanks,
Jon.
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Actually Jon, saving each slide as a separate presentation won't give you an
accurate picture of the size of each slide. Why? Because each presentation
file will have all the overhead of a presentation file and none of the
compression. (For example: Same graphic in multiple places in your
presentation? PPT knows it and only creates it once. Save it separate files
and you get the full file size with each presentation file, instead of only
once.)

David's answer will get you closer. Again, though, it will save the graphic
for every slide, not just once. (But you can tell which graphics go with
which slides. The names of the files will give you pretty good hints.)

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Author of Kathy Jacobs on PowerPoint - Available now from Holy Macro! Books
Get PowerPoint answers at http://www.powerpointanswers.com
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I believe life is meant to be lived. But:
if we live without making a difference, it makes no difference that we lived

OK- I read that thread, but it looks like Jacquie didn't
get her answer. Most answers dealt with slide DIMENSIONS,
not size in bytes, as she originally asked -- except for
the last post that suggested saving the file with and
without each slide to get an idea of each slide's impact
on the total file size.
So can I conclude that it can't be done, other than by
saving a 40-slide presentation 39 times - each time
omitting one slide (whew!!!)?

Jon.

-----Original Message-----
http://www.google.com/groups?safe=images&ie=UTF- 8&as_ugroup=microsoft.public.po
werpoint&as_usubject=slide%
Click to expand...
20size&as_drrb=b&as_mind=12&as_minm=7&as_miny=2004&a
s_maxd=6&as_maxm=8&as_maxy=2004&lr=&hl=en

It's like the second link on that page ... a thread started by Jacquie.


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David-
Hey- that's a good idea. I just tried it, and even though
it seems to change the resolution of the images, looking
at the image file sizes relative to one another, the large
ones clearly stand out. Now I can go back to the original
presentation, and insert lower-res versions of those
images.

THANKS!

Jon.
 
OK- I read that thread, but it looks like Jacquie didn't
get her answer. Most answers dealt with slide DIMENSIONS,
not size in bytes, as she originally asked -- except for
the last post that suggested saving the file with and
without each slide to get an idea of each slide's impact
on the total file size.
So can I conclude that it can't be done, other than by
saving a 40-slide presentation 39 times - each time
omitting one slide (whew!!!)?
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Other than David's suggestion (which I think would be the best in this case).

But do you really need to know which slide or slides contributes the most to
the problem or do you need to solve the problem? ;-)

There are a couple of commercial addins that downsize PPT files automatically.
One is called <shameless plug>PPTools Optimizer</shameless plug>. There's a
free demo at www.pptools.com

Jon.
-----Original Message-----
http://www.google.com/groups?safe=images&ie=UTF- 8&as_ugroup=microsoft.public.po
werpoint&as_usubject=slide%
Click to expand...
20size&as_drrb=b&as_mind=12&as_minm=7&as_miny=2004&a
s_maxd=6&as_maxm=8&as_maxy=2004&lr=&hl=en

It's like the second link on that page ... a thread started by Jacquie.


Steve,
I've searched using keywords like "individual slide size
properties..." but the relevant hits seem to deal with the
full presentation size issues. Can you point me to the
discussion you mentioned?
Thanks,
Jon.

-----Original Message-----
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PPTools: www.pptools.com
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Nonetheless, this approach is WAY too tedius. It would be
easier to simply cut/paste each image into an image-editor
like Photoshop as see how big (in bytes or pixels) it is.
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Easier, but useless. Pasting into Photoshop won't give you the original image,
just what amounts to a screenshot of it.

Paste into MS Photo Editor, though .. that'll do it.
 
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