Mac Forum / Applications / PowerPoint / July 2008

not. After 4-5 minutes, it just times out.

It's hard to say w/o knowing how many pictures are included, but most likely the
pictures themselves are far too big.  If they came directly from, say, a digital
camera, it's almost certain that they are.

For most purposes, you don't need images over 1024x768, and that's for full-screen
images; images that take up less of the slide can be smaller still.

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Steve Rindsberg, PPT MVP
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Thanks Steve,

I have 288 photos over 140 slides. Most of the photos are old family photographs that were taken 5-25 years ago. All of those are photos are non-digital photos that I had to scan into the presentation. I was doing a 25 year anniversary presentation. I realize that the number of photos are high but I thought that did not matter but it was just the size of the memory space the photos took up. The presentation is 22 minutes long and I have 5 songs added from itunes. I guess, I stumped that the presentation will open one day but the next time I try it will not.

     In article , wrote: > Version: 2008 > Operating System: Mac OS X 10.5
     (Leopard) > Processor: Intel > > I'm new to Mac. I made a pp presentation
     that is 1.06 G. It's loaded with pictures. I have problems with powerpoint
     opening. Some days it opens but on most days it will not. After 4-5 minutes,
     it just times out. > > Any suggestion on what I did wrong?

     It's hard to say w/o knowing how many pictures are included, but most
     likely the pictures themselves are far too big. If they came directly
     from, say, a digital camera, it's almost certain that they are.

     For most purposes, you don't need images over 1024x768, and that's for
     full-screen images; images that take up less of the slide can be smaller
     still.

     > > I've never had a problem using powerpoint before but it could be because
     my presentation is too big. > > I can find anything that states the office
     mac powerpoint presentation can only hold so many MGs or Gs. Does anyone
     know? > > Should I scrap Office Mac and get I-works and KeyNote since
     I am using a MAC?

     ================================================ Steve Rindsberg, PPT
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