Tip #2006 - Fast Save = Bigger File Size?
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Fast Save = Bigger
File Size?
Did you know that MS PowerPoint comes with a Fast Save option? In fact, PowerPoint has probably been using a Fast Save setting the whole time - so what exactly is it doing for you?
PowerPoint's Fast
Save "speeds up saving by recording only the changes in a presentation".
The good news is that your saves have been as fast as PowerPoint could
offer you - the bad news: this method of saving tends to make file sizes
larger than necessary.
If space is an issue
for you then maybe it's a good idea to know how to get around the Fast
Save.
The Fast Save option
can be reached via the Tools menu, Options choice, Save
Tab.
Uncheck the "Allow
fast saves" box and click OK.
With that change made
PowerPoint will do a complete save of the presentation thereby reducing
the file size if possible.
Using the above method
changes the way the program behaves each time it saves until you recheck
the Fast Save box.
A way to do a complete
save without un-checking the Fast Save option is to use Save As instead
of Save from the File menu. In the Save As window simply name the
file the same as before and choose to replace.
Either way, you're
on the right track when it comes to reducing presentation file size.
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April
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