Batch Image converter

[Kurt De Pauw]

Hello,

We have the following problem.
Users who work with Powerpoint inside the company often use BMP format
instead of JPG format to add pictures to a slide show.
Problem is , that the powerpoint presentation grows and grows, also
our diskspace on the servers, where the files are stored are running
out ...

I'm searching for a tool ( maybee its in Powerpoint ) that Convert
all images inside a powerpoint to JPG.

I'm doing my best to open the presentations , copy the pictures,
convert them and then paste them back into the original powerpoint
slide.

This is a hell of a job, and actually not my job but hey ... we
need the diskspace.

So ... anybody having the same problem ?
anybody has a tool where you can select a powerpoint presentation, and
automaticly convert als images inside de powerpoint presentation

hope you can help me guys and Girls

Kurt

 

[Bill Dilworth]

Um ... bad news Kurt. You've been spending a lot of time doing something
that probably will not save much disk space. PowerPoint (since 97 I think)
uses it's own compression of inserted pictures, and it is a pretty good one.

However, you may want to ask all the users to do the items listed on these
links:
**Do this before using PowerPoint seriously
http://www.rdpslides.com/pptfaq/FAQ00034.htm

**Don't do this with PowerPoint. Seriously.
http://www.rdpslides.com/pptfaq/FAQ00511.htm

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


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[Kurt De Pauw]

Dear,

Actually I have spend allot of time doing this with success!!
We have here PowerPoint Presentations about 30 Mb big (that's a little one)
I converted all pictures manually to JPEG and it has saved me 26 Mb.
Final result was about 4 Mb.

What people here are doing, is importing BMP files instead of JPG.
Is there a setting? So that PowerPoint compresses this automaticly ?

Kurt

 

[Bill Dilworth, MS PPT MVP]

OK, try this.

Open a presentation. Save as a new name. What is the resultant size
reduction?


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[Brian Reilly, MS MVP]

Kurt,
Adam and Bill are both right in this area. Probably the biggest issue
here is the images are overscanned so still oversized. We have a
PPTool called Optimizer that resizes everything in PPT for you to the
correct size for the space it takes up and might be worth looking at
for you many presentations.
Read more about it at http://www.rdpslides.com/pptools/FAQ00013.htm

Brian Reilly, PowerPoint MVP