Non-responding presentation

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mlafor

I have created a very, very large PP presentation (over 1GB) that has gone
very smoothly until now. I have to make one change and add one song to finish
the presentation but whenever I try to save it, the program becomes
non-responsive. What can I do? ALso, how can I save the presentation on a
disk? I am using 2003.
 
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Bill Dilworth

While you do not win the prize for the largest presentation file, you are
definitely in the top 5%.

First things first. Knock the size of this monster down to something
reasonable. Chances are that you have added pictures that are far more
detailed than your computer can possibly display. You will need to optimize
the pictures (reduce the un-usable details) and resave the presentation. I
strongly recommend using multiple optimization utilities such as PPTools
optimizer and the one that ships with PowerPoint. A 200-slide full-screen
graphic-intensive presentation should come in somewhere under 5 megs when
properly optimized. Of course movies ad sounds will greatly increase this
size. If these are included try to optimize the files sizes for these
formats as well.

Secondly, after you have a manageable file, run it thru HTML, to remove any
of the minor corruption common in gignormous files.

Third, retry adding the new stuff.

Burning to a CD is far easier and faster when file sizes are reasonable.


Post back if the new stuff doesn't add correctly and we can look into link
storage space and such. We might need to break the presentation into
smaller chunks that can be sewn together with an over-presentation.

--
Bill Dilworth
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Kathy Jacobs

Before taking any of Bill's great advice, do one simple procedure:
With PowerPoint open, go to Tools--> Options, the save tab. Uncheck the Fast
Saves box. Ok your way out. Open your presentation and save it under a new
name. Your file size is likely to shrink considerably.

Now do all the good stuff Bill's post says to do.

--
Kathryn Jacobs, Microsoft MVP PowerPoint and OneNote
Author of Kathy Jacobs on PowerPoint - Available now from Holy Macro! Books
Get PowerPoint and OneNote information at www.onppt.com

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