Shrink PowerPoint files

Need to reduce the size of your PowerPoint file that contain a large number of pictures. Give this a try

Compress pictures in your presentation

1. Select a picture in your document. The Picture Format tab appears.
2. On the Picture Format tab, in the Adjust group, select Compress Pictures.
3. Under Compression options, do any of the following:
   • Make sure that Apply only to this picture is not selected so that the changes you make here will apply to all pictures in the document.
   • Select Delete cropped areas of pictures. This option removes the cropped picture data but note that if you delete the cropped picture data, you won’t be able to restore it.
   • Under Resolution, select Use default resolution.

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