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Trying to shrink a PP to under 10,000Kb to save in our Learning Management System but I cannot get it under 12K.
I removed all pictures and followed all the other steps indicated on the page below (file size actually increased from 11700 to 12600 after the steps!) https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/office/reduce-the-file-size-of-your-powerpoint-presentations-9548ffd4-d853-41e7-8e40-b606bca036b4
There are now only text and shapes/smart art and only 18 slides!
Any advice GREATLY appreciated.
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Do you mean 12KB or 12,000KB (12MB)? The minimum size for a blank presentation with most layouts removed is 21KB.
Some template designers will add photos to slide layouts, which makes a presentation have a permanently large file size. To check, choose View>Slide Master, check each slide layout and remove any photos or other content.
Thanks Waqas,
Will send you the document via PM.
I have converted to PDF which solved the upload issue, but still very keen to understand how to solve this.
Enrico
Do you mean 12KB or 12,000KB (12MB)? The minimum size for a blank presentation with most layouts removed is 21KB.
Some template designers will add photos to slide layouts, which makes a presentation have a permanently large file size. To check, choose View>Slide Master, check each slide layout and remove any photos or other content.
Hi John,
Thanks for pointing that out, yes I obviously meant 12MB/12,000KB. I actually managed to shrink another presentation down to 8MB - and it is a longer presentation.
I have already removed all images from master slides.
Enrico
Dear respected Enrico Romagnoli,
Good day! Thank you for posting to Microsoft Community. We are happy to help you.
I’m sorry you’re having a problem with PowerPoint size but based on your description we can work together to resolve it.
For the situation you encountered, we deeply understand the inconvenience caused and apologize for it.
As per your description, it seems that your PowerPoint file size does not reduce even you removed all pictures and use PowerPoint compress pictures feature.
Sometimes Embedded fonts can be cause large. Sometime go to Master slide layout and re-arrand the layout will reduce the size.
May I know does issue happened do specific PowerPoint document file? If the issue only happens to a specific PowerPoint file, in this scenario, please copy/paste content to a new created PowerPoint file, then to check the outcomes.
Meanwhile, if you don’t mind and if it is convenient for you, could you please send copy of your document file to me so that I can look from my side, and I will check this behavior and help you to fix and verify the result with you.
I have initiate private message for you, if there is confidential information, then you can send it to me in Private Message (PM). you can access PM from the top right corner of this page, as shown in image below:
We appreciate your understanding that sometimes the initial suggestions may not resolve the problem very soon. However, we can work together to narrow down and resolve the situation. So, please kindly provide more information below to let us work further.
Appreciate your patience and understanding and thank you for your time and cooperation.
Sincerely,
Waqas Muhammad