Compressing Power Point slides works most of the time!

[Bking]

I am perplexed with this issue. I make presentations quite frequently, and
for the most part the compression works. Every now and again I will go to
help someone else reduce there file, or I will do it on my own presentation,
and the compression does not work. I will hit the compress button and u can
see it working, the presentation will hesitate and then stop. I know it
worked. Then on other occasions u press the compress button and nothing
happens, like it doesn't recognize there is anything to compress. Please
help! I have tried inserting, dragging and dropping, and copy/paste, didn't
see much difference.

 

[Kathy Jacobs]

If the file size isn't changing and Steve hasn't guessed right (i.e. - if
you aren't using autoshapes), the next thing to check is whether Fast Saves
are turned on. Go to Tools--> Options--> Save tab and make sure the Fast
Saves box is unchecked. If it was checked, save your file under a new name
and the file size is likely to decrease.

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[Bking]

Thanks for the Input. I will check the format on the next presentation. One
more question, Steve, are u saying that the files need to be PNGs for it to
compress them? I think I was saving them as JPGs and then dragging and
dropping them into the presentation. Thanks again for your time.