Slideshow/PhotoAlbum Compressing Pics

[Guest]

I set up a powerpoint file by inserting photoalbum. After doing that I
wanted to compress the pics but when I right clicked the only option was
"format object" - it wasn't a picture but just a box (essentially). The
problem is now I cannot compress the pics so the file is huge.

Any suggestions? There are 178 pics so I prefer not to individually reduce
each of their file sizes.

 

[Guest]

In your Picture Tool Bar (appears when a picture is selected) you'll find
your compression tool (its a picture with 4 arrows pointing in at each of the
corners). Does this work for you?

If you need even more compression try NXPlite. Let me know which worked for
you.

 

[Steve Rindsberg]

I set up a powerpoint file by inserting photoalbum. After doing that I
wanted to compress the pics but when I right clicked the only option was
"format object" - it wasn't a picture but just a box (essentially). The
problem is now I cannot compress the pics so the file is huge.

If you have a version of PPT prior to 2002, you won't have the Compress Picture
feature. In that case, have a look here:

Why are my PowerPoint files so big? What can I do about it?
http://www.rdpslides.com/pptfaq/FAQ00062.htm

 

[Guest]

The picture toolbar isn't an option because the program doesn't recognize
them as pictures but as objects.

I'll try NXPLite.

 

[Shyam Pillai]

The Photoalbum in 2002 and later does not import images as picture shapes.
It applies a picture background to a autoshape. That's why you cannot crop
or treated the imported shape as a picture.

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Regards,
Shyam Pillai

Animation Carbon
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