You can't actually edit the original, but you can use Insert> Picture> From
File to put the image on a slide. Then Control/Right-Click the image &
select Save As Picture from the contextual menu.
Just follow your nose from there:-)
HTH |:>)
Bob Jones
[MVP] Office:Mac
On 11/20/07 5:18 AM, in article
762207C8-227D-4B03-8FB5-44AB3FE3EDD5@microsoft.com, "microwe"
> Can some kind person please confirm if I can use Powerpoint (Mac) to compress
> an image and make it smaller but still retaining the whole image.
>
> I have saved a jpeg image to my hd which is 165 kb in size. I need to
> compress this to 128 kb in order to post on a discussion group. I do not want
> to crop it and loose part of the content. How can I do this please.