A different file size problem - 1552% size increase

[Teacher Tim]

I have read the threads on Fast Save but I have a problem of much bigger
magnitude. I have a file that I received from somebody else which is 281 Kb.
If I open it and then immediately save it, without even making any changes,
it is now of size 4,361 Kb.

My Tools/Options/Save setting is Powerpoint Presentation and I am using
PowerPoint 2000 and am just saving it, not doing a Save As to change the
version.

On a related note, is there a way to find out what version of PowerPoint was
used to create a file? I couldn't find it in Properties.

Any help would be much appreciated by my hard drive.

 

[Teacher Tim]

Well here I am replying to my own post...

On http://www.rdpslides.com/pptfaq/FAQ00062.htm I found that it was the
embedded fonts that were causing the size problem. I quote...

If you use PowerPoint 2000, choose File, Save As, click Tools and remove the
check mark next to Embed TrueType Fonts. Then give your presentation a new
name and click Save.

 

[John Wilson]

Actually replying to yourself is very useful! No one else can see the problem
as you can and the answer helps everybody!
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John Wilson
Microsoft Certified Office Specialist
http://www.technologytrish.co.uk/ppttipshome.html

 

[Teacher Tim]

As yet another reply to myself, I found that when I came to work and opened
in PPT 2002 the bloated PPT 2000 file which I had FTP'ed from home and then
saved it again it was reduced to the original size.

So the problem WAS with embedded fonts in PPT 2000 and appears to have been
corrected by the Save option "Embed characters in use only" in PPT 2002

 

[Echo S]

Nice detective work, Teacher Tim. Thanks for following up -- I'm sure this
will help someone else in future.