Power Point is SOOOOOOO SLOW Can I split it?

[Caruso]

My power point file is 91 slides with graphics and music. It takes forever
to load it, or save it or do anything with it. Can I split the slide show
into 2 files then play them back to back or is there a better way to speed
this up?

Thanks
Mickey

 

[Bill Dilworth]

How big is the PPT file (in MBs)?

Are you loading it from the hard drive or from a CD/floppy/thumb-drive?


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[John Wilson]

"Powerpoint gets the "slows"
-- http://www.rdpslides.com/pptfaq/FAQ00114.htm

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[Caruso]

the file 592,558KB and I have tried loading from HD and CD
Thanks for any help

 

[Bill Dilworth]

91 slides in a bit over 1/2 a GB -- sounds like you can trim that way, way,
way down. It will load much faster, and leave some room on the hard
drive/CD for things that are more fun.
There is a lot of information about reducing PowerPoint file size at:
**Why are my PowerPoint files so big? What can I do about it?
http://www.pptfaq.com/FAQ00062.htm


With correct optimization and depending on what all you have in there, you
should try for a file size of under 5 MB or approx. 1/100 of what you have.


Read thru the FAQ, apply the changes that you can and post back the file
size after all this. I have a tool (beta) that may help you identify where
the size is being hidden, if you still can't get it down to size


--
Bill Dilworth
A proud member of the Microsoft PPT MVP Team
Users helping fellow users.
http://billdilworth.mvps.org
-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_
vestprog2@ Please read the PowerPoint FAQ pages.
yahoo. They answer most of our questions.
com www.pptfaq.com
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