I have a Powerpoint presentation that went from 4MB to 14MB by just deleting
an image from each slide and adding a Master Slide. Why would it do that?

If you have a version pre 2007 then check in Tools > Options > Save that
"Allow Fast saves" is UNTICKED. If it was ticked kill it for ever and save
again with a new name.
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"Amanda" wrote:

> I have a Powerpoint presentation that went from 4MB to 14MB by just deleting
> an image from each slide and adding a Master Slide. Why would it do that?

This can have various reasons. One possiblity is that you have added a very
large background image to your new masterslide? If that's the case, try
optimising the picture first.
Alternatively, if nothing heavy has been added try un-ticking "Allow Fast
Saves" (in 2003: Tools-Options-Save Tab) and re-save the document. The 'Fast
Saves' option will only save the changes on the document on top of what's
already saved. Whereas, when it's unticked, the whole (now much lighter)
document is saved as is.
--
Kathy Kensche
http://www.creativetemplatesolutions.com
London


"Amanda" wrote:

> I have a Powerpoint presentation that went from 4MB to 14MB by just deleting
> an image from each slide and adding a Master Slide. Why would it do that?

I unclicked the Allow Fast Save and I even took the Master Slide out and this
presentation is still 14MB. Any other ideas?

"Kathy Kensche" wrote:

> This can have various reasons. One possiblity is that you have added a very
> large background image to your new masterslide? If that's the case, try
> optimising the picture first.
> Alternatively, if nothing heavy has been added try un-ticking "Allow Fast
> Saves" (in 2003: Tools-Options-Save Tab) and re-save the document. The 'Fast
> Saves' option will only save the changes on the document on top of what's
> already saved. Whereas, when it's unticked, the whole (now much lighter)
> document is saved as is.
> --
> Kathy Kensche
> http://www.creativetemplatesolutions.com
> London
>
>
> "Amanda" wrote:
>
> > I have a Powerpoint presentation that went from 4MB to 14MB by just deleting
> > an image from each slide and adding a Master Slide. Why would it do that?

When you turned off Fast Saves, did you save it under a new file name?

--
Michael Koerner
MS MVP - PowerPoint


"Amanda" <Amanda@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:FB51AD51-E465-4AA4-92E6-D654A0475B74@microsoft.com...
I unclicked the Allow Fast Save and I even took the Master Slide out and this
presentation is still 14MB. Any other ideas?

"Kathy Kensche" wrote:

> This can have various reasons. One possiblity is that you have added a very
> large background image to your new masterslide? If that's the case, try
> optimising the picture first.
> Alternatively, if nothing heavy has been added try un-ticking "Allow Fast
> Saves" (in 2003: Tools-Options-Save Tab) and re-save the document. The 'Fast
> Saves' option will only save the changes on the document on top of what's
> already saved. Whereas, when it's unticked, the whole (now much lighter)
> document is saved as is.
> --
> Kathy Kensche
> http://www.creativetemplatesolutions.com
> London
>
>
> "Amanda" wrote:
>
> > I have a Powerpoint presentation that went from 4MB to 14MB by just deleting
> > an image from each slide and adding a Master Slide. Why would it do that?

Yes i did and it styaed the same size. Then i saved it as a Webpage
(something I read) and that was even bigger. I've compressed all of the
pictures and still huge.

"Michael Koerner" wrote:

> When you turned off Fast Saves, did you save it under a new file name?
>
> --
> Michael Koerner
> MS MVP - PowerPoint
>
>
> "Amanda" <Amanda@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:FB51AD51-E465-4AA4-92E6-D654A0475B74@microsoft.com...
> I unclicked the Allow Fast Save and I even took the Master Slide out and this
> presentation is still 14MB. Any other ideas?
>
> "Kathy Kensche" wrote:
>
> > This can have various reasons. One possiblity is that you have added a very
> > large background image to your new masterslide? If that's the case, try
> > optimising the picture first.
> > Alternatively, if nothing heavy has been added try un-ticking "Allow Fast
> > Saves" (in 2003: Tools-Options-Save Tab) and re-save the document. The 'Fast
> > Saves' option will only save the changes on the document on top of what's
> > already saved. Whereas, when it's unticked, the whole (now much lighter)
> > document is saved as is.
> > --
> > Kathy Kensche
> > http://www.creativetemplatesolutions.com
> > London
> >
> >
> > "Amanda" wrote:
> >
> > > I have a Powerpoint presentation that went from 4MB to 14MB by just deleting
> > > an image from each slide and adding a Master Slide. Why would it do that?

Also, for some reason when I compress the pictures, it wont keep them
compressed.

"Amanda" wrote:

> Yes i did and it styaed the same size. Then i saved it as a Webpage
> (something I read) and that was even bigger. I've compressed all of the
> pictures and still huge.
>
> "Michael Koerner" wrote:
>
> > When you turned off Fast Saves, did you save it under a new file name?
> >
> > --
> > Michael Koerner
> > MS MVP - PowerPoint
> >
> >
> > "Amanda" <Amanda@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:FB51AD51-E465-4AA4-92E6-D654A0475B74@microsoft.com...
> > I unclicked the Allow Fast Save and I even took the Master Slide out and this
> > presentation is still 14MB. Any other ideas?
> >
> > "Kathy Kensche" wrote:
> >
> > > This can have various reasons. One possiblity is that you have added a very
> > > large background image to your new masterslide? If that's the case, try
> > > optimising the picture first.
> > > Alternatively, if nothing heavy has been added try un-ticking "Allow Fast
> > > Saves" (in 2003: Tools-Options-Save Tab) and re-save the document. The 'Fast
> > > Saves' option will only save the changes on the document on top of what's
> > > already saved. Whereas, when it's unticked, the whole (now much lighter)
> > > document is saved as is.
> > > --
> > > Kathy Kensche
> > > http://www.creativetemplatesolutions.com
> > > London
> > >
> > >
> > > "Amanda" wrote:
> > >
> > > > I have a Powerpoint presentation that went from 4MB to 14MB by just deleting
> > > > an image from each slide and adding a Master Slide. Why would it do that?

The pictures MAY be compressed the dialogue is a little confusing and
defaults to 200 dpi even when the pictures are already 96. Did you close and
reopen it?
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"Amanda" wrote:

> Also, for some reason when I compress the pictures, it wont keep them
> compressed.
>
> "Amanda" wrote:
>
> > Yes i did and it styaed the same size. Then i saved it as a Webpage
> > (something I read) and that was even bigger. I've compressed all of the
> > pictures and still huge.
> >
> > "Michael Koerner" wrote:
> >
> > > When you turned off Fast Saves, did you save it under a new file name?
> > >
> > > --
> > > Michael Koerner
> > > MS MVP - PowerPoint
> > >
> > >
> > > "Amanda" <Amanda@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:FB51AD51-E465-4AA4-92E6-D654A0475B74@microsoft.com...
> > > I unclicked the Allow Fast Save and I even took the Master Slide out and this
> > > presentation is still 14MB. Any other ideas?
> > >
> > > "Kathy Kensche" wrote:
> > >
> > > > This can have various reasons. One possiblity is that you have added a very
> > > > large background image to your new masterslide? If that's the case, try
> > > > optimising the picture first.
> > > > Alternatively, if nothing heavy has been added try un-ticking "Allow Fast
> > > > Saves" (in 2003: Tools-Options-Save Tab) and re-save the document. The 'Fast
> > > > Saves' option will only save the changes on the document on top of what's
> > > > already saved. Whereas, when it's unticked, the whole (now much lighter)
> > > > document is saved as is.
> > > > --
> > > > Kathy Kensche
> > > > http://www.creativetemplatesolutions.com
> > > > London
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > "Amanda" wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > I have a Powerpoint presentation that went from 4MB to 14MB by just deleting
> > > > > an image from each slide and adding a Master Slide. Why would it do that?

I assume you got your "save as Webpage" information here
HTML "Round-tripping" to repair corruption http://www.pptfaq.com/FAQ00526.htm

When you saved your file as to html did you save it as an .mht file or an .html file?


--
Michael Koerner
MS MVP - PowerPoint


"Amanda" <Amanda@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news9F8CB32-BDA6-4E61-AA97-41A05EBD27C4@microsoft.com...
Yes i did and it styaed the same size. Then i saved it as a Webpage
(something I read) and that was even bigger. I've compressed all of the
pictures and still huge.

"Michael Koerner" wrote:

> When you turned off Fast Saves, did you save it under a new file name?
>
> --
> Michael Koerner
> MS MVP - PowerPoint
>
>
> "Amanda" <Amanda@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:FB51AD51-E465-4AA4-92E6-D654A0475B74@microsoft.com...
> I unclicked the Allow Fast Save and I even took the Master Slide out and this
> presentation is still 14MB. Any other ideas?
>
> "Kathy Kensche" wrote:
>
> > This can have various reasons. One possiblity is that you have added a very
> > large background image to your new masterslide? If that's the case, try
> > optimising the picture first.
> > Alternatively, if nothing heavy has been added try un-ticking "Allow Fast
> > Saves" (in 2003: Tools-Options-Save Tab) and re-save the document. The 'Fast
> > Saves' option will only save the changes on the document on top of what's
> > already saved. Whereas, when it's unticked, the whole (now much lighter)
> > document is saved as is.
> > --
> > Kathy Kensche
> > http://www.creativetemplatesolutions.com
> > London
> >
> >
> > "Amanda" wrote:
> >
> > > I have a Powerpoint presentation that went from 4MB to 14MB by just deleting
> > > an image from each slide and adding a Master Slide. Why would it do that?

Just a thought...Ungrouped clipart (such as maps or anything with grading in
the original i.e. 3d charts) can smash into a million bits when ungrouped and
may add quite a bit to the filesize (although I haven't seen it go up THAT
much).

When you page down through your presentation, is a particular slide very
sluggish? That would be the slide to look for something that may make it
heavy. And something like that would not respond to 'Compress Pictures'
because it's made up from shapes.
--
Kathy Kensche
http://www.creativetemplatesolutions.com
London


"Amanda" wrote:

> I unclicked the Allow Fast Save and I even took the Master Slide out and this
> presentation is still 14MB. Any other ideas?
>
> "Kathy Kensche" wrote:
>
> > This can have various reasons. One possiblity is that you have added a very
> > large background image to your new masterslide? If that's the case, try
> > optimising the picture first.
> > Alternatively, if nothing heavy has been added try un-ticking "Allow Fast
> > Saves" (in 2003: Tools-Options-Save Tab) and re-save the document. The 'Fast
> > Saves' option will only save the changes on the document on top of what's
> > already saved. Whereas, when it's unticked, the whole (now much lighter)
> > document is saved as is.
> > --
> > Kathy Kensche
> > http://www.creativetemplatesolutions.com
> > London
> >
> >
> > "Amanda" wrote:
> >
> > > I have a Powerpoint presentation that went from 4MB to 14MB by just deleting
> > > an image from each slide and adding a Master Slide. Why would it do that?