sending a powerpoint presentation with music added by email

[Denise]

I inserted music in a powerpoint presentation but cannot send it by email the
server rejected it the file is too big. Is there any other way

 

[Steve M]

How big is too big? 10MB? 100MB?

You can use winzip to compress it into a zip file, then split the archive
into email-sized pieces. Send one piece per email.

Good luck,
StevenM

 

[Bill Dilworth]

You may also want to reduce the wav file size before embedding it.

A mono wav file is about half the size of a stereo one, likewise reducing
the sample rate will drastically reduce the file size. How far you can
lower the sound quality, depends on how important it is to the presentation.

As an example, I reduced a 22MB wav file to 1.3 MB by changing from stereo
44,100Hz 16bit to mono 8000Hz 8bit. Obviously, the sound quality suffers a
bit at that drastic a reduction, but ...


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