Re: Why are my PPT files getting bigger?

Lorena,
Have a look here for some tips:
http://www.rdpslides.com/pptfaq/FAQ00062.htm
Luc
"Lorena" <Lorena@discussions.microsoft.com> schreef in bericht
news:6EEFEA28-ECDB-4FF6-830D-CDFBDE4DB17D@microsoft.com...
>I have a 10M file that I originally copied and just started removing
>slides.
> I saved it and it got bigger. Then I removed some items of the master
> slide
> and resaved and it still got bigger. Is there any way to compress the
> files?
> Also, they do contain alot of pictures which I believe were just copy &
> pasted. But none of them were moved around. And, as I said, I just
> deleted
> slides.
>
> --
> Lorena

Go to Tools > Options > Save and uncheck the box for Allow Fast Saves.
This is a good idea in general, and it will solve your problem. With Fast
Saves on, when you save your file, it doesn't rewrite the entire file
with the new (and possibly smaller version), it saves incremental
information. Thus, if you delete a slide, it keeps the old file and adds
on some information about the old slide not being there. Thus, your file
gets larger and larger and larger until it eats the entire universe.

Turn Fast Saves off and any save will rewrite the entire file, replacing
the old (possibly larger) file, with the new (possibly smaller) file.

--David

--
David M. Marcovitz
Director of Graduate Programs in Educational Technology
Loyola College in Maryland
Author of _Powerful PowerPoint for Educators_
http://www.loyola.edu/education/PowerfulPowerPoint/

=?Utf-8?B?TG9yZW5h?= <Lorena@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
news:52365D33-DBC5-495E-A246-9B1BBB438BE0@microsoft.com:

> Yes, I am going to try the optimizer. However, it still doesn't
> answer why the files are just getting bigger when I actually remove
> stuff versus adding or even changing slides. Will the file never get
> smaller?
>
> Lorena
>
> "Luc" <luc."sanders2" wrote:
>
>> Lorena,
>> Have a look here for some tips:
>> http://www.rdpslides.com/pptfaq/FAQ00062.htm
>> Luc
>> "Lorena" <Lorena@discussions.microsoft.com> schreef in bericht
>> news:6EEFEA28-ECDB-4FF6-830D-CDFBDE4DB17D@microsoft.com...
>> >I have a 10M file that I originally copied and just started removing
>> >slides.
>> > I saved it and it got bigger. Then I removed some items of the
>> > master slide
>> > and resaved and it still got bigger. Is there any way to compress
>> > the files?
>> > Also, they do contain alot of pictures which I believe were just
>> > copy & pasted. But none of them were moved around. And, as I
>> > said, I just deleted
>> > slides.
>> >
>> > --
>> > Lorena
>>
>>
>>
>

Go to Tools > Options > Save and turn OFF Fast Saves. Then go to File > Save As
and save your presentation with a new name. That should reduce the file size
and keep it from growing without reason. Actually, the reason is that Fast
Saves increases your file size. Turn it off and leave it off forever and you'll
be a happier person.
--

Sonia Coleman
Microsoft PowerPoint MVP Team
Autorun Software, Templates and Tutorials
http://www.soniacoleman.com

"Lorena" <Lorena@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:52365D33-DBC5-495E-A246-9B1BBB438BE0@microsoft.com...
> Yes, I am going to try the optimizer. However, it still doesn't answer why
> the files are just getting bigger when I actually remove stuff versus adding
> or even changing slides. Will the file never get smaller?
>
> Lorena
>
> "Luc" <luc."sanders2" wrote:
>
>> Lorena,
>> Have a look here for some tips:
>> http://www.rdpslides.com/pptfaq/FAQ00062.htm
>> Luc
>> "Lorena" <Lorena@discussions.microsoft.com> schreef in bericht
>> news:6EEFEA28-ECDB-4FF6-830D-CDFBDE4DB17D@microsoft.com...
>> >I have a 10M file that I originally copied and just started removing
>> >slides.
>> > I saved it and it got bigger. Then I removed some items of the master
>> > slide
>> > and resaved and it still got bigger. Is there any way to compress the
>> > files?
>> > Also, they do contain alot of pictures which I believe were just copy &
>> > pasted. But none of them were moved around. And, as I said, I just
>> > deleted
>> > slides.
>> >
>> > --
>> > Lorena
>>
>>
>>

A little experiment.

Delete something from your presentation. Now "Undo" the deletion and as
expected, your delete is undone without your needing to rebuild it. Care to
guess how this is possible? <g>

(Cause it wasn't removed from the presentation.)

Austin Myers
MS PowerPoint MVP Team

"Lorena" <Lorena@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:52365D33-DBC5-495E-A246-9B1BBB438BE0@microsoft.com...
> Yes, I am going to try the optimizer. However, it still doesn't answer
why
> the files are just getting bigger when I actually remove stuff versus
adding
> or even changing slides. Will the file never get smaller?
>
> Lorena
>
> "Luc" <luc."sanders2" wrote:
>
> > Lorena,
> > Have a look here for some tips:
> > http://www.rdpslides.com/pptfaq/FAQ00062.htm
> > Luc
> > "Lorena" <Lorena@discussions.microsoft.com> schreef in bericht
> > news:6EEFEA28-ECDB-4FF6-830D-CDFBDE4DB17D@microsoft.com...
> > >I have a 10M file that I originally copied and just started removing
> > >slides.
> > > I saved it and it got bigger. Then I removed some items of the master
> > > slide
> > > and resaved and it still got bigger. Is there any way to compress the
> > > files?
> > > Also, they do contain alot of pictures which I believe were just copy
&
> > > pasted. But none of them were moved around. And, as I said, I just
> > > deleted
> > > slides.
> > >
> > > --
> > > Lorena
> >
> >
> >

In article <52365D33-DBC5-495E-A246-9B1BBB438BE0@microsoft.com>, Lorena wrote:
> Yes, I am going to try the optimizer. However, it still doesn't answer why
> the files are just getting bigger when I actually remove stuff versus adding
> or even changing slides. Will the file never get smaller?

I wrote Optimizer and would be happy for you to buy it, but ONLY if you really
need it. It's quite possible that you don't.

Before trying it, please do read and follow all of the suggestions on the page
Luc referred you to (quoted again below).

It explains why the files get bigger (and tells you how to make it stop)


>
> Lorena
>
> "Luc" <luc."sanders2" wrote:
>
> > Lorena,
> > Have a look here for some tips:
> > http://www.rdpslides.com/pptfaq/FAQ00062.htm
> > Luc
> > "Lorena" <Lorena@discussions.microsoft.com> schreef in bericht
> > news:6EEFEA28-ECDB-4FF6-830D-CDFBDE4DB17D@microsoft.com...
> > >I have a 10M file that I originally copied and just started removing
> > >slides.
> > > I saved it and it got bigger. Then I removed some items of the master
> > > slide
> > > and resaved and it still got bigger. Is there any way to compress the
> > > files?
> > > Also, they do contain alot of pictures which I believe were just copy &
> > > pasted. But none of them were moved around. And, as I said, I just
> > > deleted
> > > slides.
> > >
> > > --
> > > Lorena
> >
> >
> >
>

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Steve Rindsberg, PPT MVP
PPT FAQ: www.pptfaq.com
PPTools: www.pptools.com
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> I wrote Optimizer and would be happy for you to buy it, but ONLY if you
> really
> need it. It's quite possible that you don't.


So honest!

TAJ

In article <eV9c00eGFHA.2416@TK2MSFTNGP14.phx.gbl>, TAJ Simmons wrote:
> > I wrote Optimizer and would be happy for you to buy it, but ONLY if you
> > really
> > need it. It's quite possible that you don't.
>
> So honest!

Honesty is our midd... oh. We did that already, didn't we?

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Steve Rindsberg, PPT MVP
PPT FAQ: www.pptfaq.com
PPTools: www.pptools.com
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