How may pictures can a presentation contain?

[DianeRTLaw]

My boss has a set of 91 pictures, saved as *.bmp's that he would like to put
in a PPT presentation, for ease of flipping through them. They range in size
from 500 kb to 1,400 kb, and probably average 800 kb or so each. Can PPT
hold that amount of information without bogging down? It will probably run
from the desktop of a fairly good laptop when he does use it, but I don't
want to do all the work and find out that is too much information.

Any insite you might have would be appreciated.

 

[Echo S]

You are wise to be concerned about file size.

There's no max limit in PPT. How well the presentation runs depends on the
computer it's run on.

That said, if I were you, I would convert the BMP files to PNG or JPG before
inserting them into PPT. Or I'd insert them and then use one of a variety of
optimization tools to get the file size down. If you have PPT 2002 or 2003,
there's a compressor on the Picture toolbar that should do fine.

 

[DianeRTLaw]

OK, one more question.. I don't have 2002 or 3, I have 2000, and I have been
unable to locate any reference to an file reduction/compression software that
can be used alongside or within PPT 2000 to make these files smaller. If by
chance, you know of one, could you send me a URL, link, etc.?

I am eternally grateful for your help.

You are wise to be concerned about file size.

There's no max limit in PPT. How well the presentation runs depends on the
computer it's run on.

That said, if I were you, I would convert the BMP files to PNG or JPG before
inserting them into PPT. Or I'd insert them and then use one of a variety of
optimization tools to get the file size down. If you have PPT 2002 or 2003,
there's a compressor on the Picture toolbar that should do fine.

--
Echo [MS PPT MVP]
http://www.echosvoice.com

My boss has a set of 91 pictures, saved as *.bmp's that he would like to put
in a PPT presentation, for ease of flipping through them. They range in size
from 500 kb to 1,400 kb, and probably average 800 kb or so each. Can PPT
hold that amount of information without bogging down? It will probably run
from the desktop of a fairly good laptop when he does use it, but I don't
want to do all the work and find out that is too much information.

Any insite you might have would be appreciated.

 

[PPTMagician]

Hi,

This link should help: http://www.rdpslides.com/pptfaq/FAQ00062.htm
--
Thanks,
Glenna Shaw
PowerPoint MVP
http://www.pptmagic.com

OK, one more question.. I don't have 2002 or 3, I have 2000, and I have been
unable to locate any reference to an file reduction/compression software that
can be used alongside or within PPT 2000 to make these files smaller. If by
chance, you know of one, could you send me a URL, link, etc.?

I am eternally grateful for your help.

You are wise to be concerned about file size.

There's no max limit in PPT. How well the presentation runs depends on the
computer it's run on.

That said, if I were you, I would convert the BMP files to PNG or JPG before
inserting them into PPT. Or I'd insert them and then use one of a variety of
optimization tools to get the file size down. If you have PPT 2002 or 2003,
there's a compressor on the Picture toolbar that should do fine.

--
Echo [MS PPT MVP]
http://www.echosvoice.com

My boss has a set of 91 pictures, saved as *.bmp's that he would like to put
in a PPT presentation, for ease of flipping through them. They range in size
from 500 kb to 1,400 kb, and probably average 800 kb or so each. Can PPT
hold that amount of information without bogging down? It will probably run
from the desktop of a fairly good laptop when he does use it, but I don't
want to do all the work and find out that is too much information.

Any insite you might have would be appreciated.

 

[Echo S]

Sure.

RnR Presentation Optimizer (this is the one I use)
http://www.rdpslides.com/pptools/FAQ00013.htm

nxPowerLite (gets good reviews from what I've seen, but I've no experience
with this one) http://www.nxpowerlite.com/

There are others, but I can't remember them, sorry. Actually, there used to
be one called PointLess, but it doesn't seem to be on the market any longer.
Oh, wait. Maybe it's here.
http://freefiledownload.mainstreets...866&CID=161126&DSP=&CUR=840&PGRP=0&CACHE_ID=0

You can also do the image optimization manually before you insert them into
your presentation. See TAJ's graphics tutorial at
http://www.awesomebackgrounds.com/powerpointgraphics.htm

--
Echo [MS PPT MVP]
http://www.echosvoice.com

OK, one more question.. I don't have 2002 or 3, I have 2000, and I
have been unable to locate any reference to an file
reduction/compression software that can be used alongside or within
PPT 2000 to make these files smaller. If by chance, you know of one,
could you send me a URL, link, etc.?

I am eternally grateful for your help.

You are wise to be concerned about file size.

There's no max limit in PPT. How well the presentation runs depends
on the computer it's run on.

That said, if I were you, I would convert the BMP files to PNG or
JPG before inserting them into PPT. Or I'd insert them and then use
one of a variety of optimization tools to get the file size down. If
you have PPT 2002 or 2003, there's a compressor on the Picture
toolbar that should do fine.

--
Echo [MS PPT MVP]
http://www.echosvoice.com

My boss has a set of 91 pictures, saved as *.bmp's that he would
like to put in a PPT presentation, for ease of flipping through
them. They range in size from 500 kb to 1,400 kb, and probably
average 800 kb or so each. Can PPT hold that amount of information
without bogging down? It will probably run from the desktop of a
fairly good laptop when he does use it, but I don't want to do all
the work and find out that is too much information.

Any insite you might have would be appreciated.