Reduce PowerPoint file size. 15,430 views. Don't forget that you can also compress the size of individual pictures while editing the presentation - if you're using Ppt '07 or 2010 have a look at the Picture Tools tab (while you've got an image selected) and by clicking Compress Pictures you can.

I just tried to email a PowerPoint I was working on to a colleague for some feedback and realized, to my horror, that the file size was over 80MB. Obviously, that won’t do.

After digging around, I came to the conclusion that the massive amount of images I was using in the file had to be the issue. Going through and manually resizing each image seemed like too much of a chore though, certainly there had to be a better way. Luckily, there is! In PowerPoint 2016 for Mac do the following: • Click on an image - any image will do • Select “Picture Format” • Select “Compress Pictures” • Select the picture quality from the dropdown • Ensure “Delete cropped areas of pictures” is selected • Choose to perform this action on the selected image(s) or all of them • Click OK And there you have it.

After doing this one simple step, my file size went from over 80MB to around 7MB. Not too shabby.

I am trying to make a presentation for a conference, and am facing a problem that I cannot solve. I have a powerpoint presentation initially created with Powerpoint 2010 for Windows.

I am facing picture compression issues as described. In addition to this saving problem, that pictures become worse quality every time I save the file, I am experiencing problems while trying to insert files. All pictures are inserted blurry. This applies for emf, png and, pdf. The solution does not work as pictures are still inserted in lower quality I see that it is possible to disable the feature in under Windows, but I cannot find these advanced settings from Powerpoint for Mac 2011.

How can I import/insert pictures to Powerpoint in their original quality? How can I control the picture compression? I am working on Powerpoint version 14.3.2 and OS X 10.8.3. I think I have a better answer, but I can't post it since the question is protected. If the pictures looks good in the original presentation and does not appear to lose quality, it may not actually be compressed, just zoomed. When PowerPoint copies it, it copies at the zoomed quality, rather than the original. Try going back to the original PowerPoint file.

Select the picture you want to copy. In the 'Picture Tools/Format' tab, press 'reset picture' (it may make the picture really large). Then copy the picture and paste into the final document (may then need to resize it there).

– Nov 17 '16 at 14:25. You might be out of luck if you do not have the originals, as you know now the 2010 was compressing the pictures. First save the picture to hard drive and open it with something like iPhoto. If you like the quality there we can continue.

If you do not like the quality it is the end of the road, no advanced settings will help here. You could report the picture file size here, like is it in 500k- 1Meg, or more or less than 100k. In second case your only option is to keep the picture size as small as possible to retain the quality (resolution).

EDIT: If the pictures look good in original presentation then lets try this. Do not copy paste. Use presentation mode (full screen) and make a screenshot (press cmd+shift+4).

You will get a cursor allowing you to select the picture., and once you have done that it will save it. Now take look at that result first, and if happy then import it in to power point. In Word and PowerPoint for Mac 2011, you can change the compression behaviour for a placed bitmap image via the Format Picture ribbon. Double-click the image to bring that ribbon to the front, then click the Compress button and choose the option Keep Current Resolution. Or, choose File > Reduce Size to bring up the dialog box. This needs to be done before the presentation is saved with the newly placed image. It's different for vector graphics from PDF files, which PowerPoint will simply convert into bitmap graphics and compress as soon as the presentation is saved with the newly placed PDF file.