# Power Point  - File Size

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/power-point-file-size/637807>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [October 15, 2012, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/power-point-file-size/637807 "2012-10-15T19:23:06Z")\
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**Author:** ![SanDiegoTim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/85e7bf/32.png) [@SanDiegoTim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SanDiegoTim)\
**Post date:** [October 15, 2012, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/power-point-file-size/637807/1 "2012-10-15T19:23:06Z")

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Is the size of a Power Point file (photos only) the total size of all the photographs used or does PP compress the photo files?

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**Author:** ![Telemark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/telemark/32/372_2.png) [@Telemark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telemark)\
**Post date:** [October 15, 2012, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/power-point-file-size/637807/2 "2012-10-15T19:53:24Z")

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If your images are JPG they’re already compressed. PowerPoint won’t make it smaller than that.

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**Author:** ![aaelghat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c5a1d2/32.png) [@aaelghat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aaelghat)\
**Post date:** [October 15, 2012, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/power-point-file-size/637807/3 "2012-10-15T22:19:48Z")

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If the PowerPoint presentation will only be viewed on a screen or projector, or even printed, but the pictures were taken at many megapixels, the photos can be [compressed by PowerPoint](http://www.addictivetips.com/windows-tips/powerpoint-2010-compress-pictures-to-reduce-size-of-presentation/)to result in a much smaller file.

I do this regularly, and the file size can be reduced by a considerable amount.

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**Author:** ![ZenBeam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/3ab097/32.png) [@ZenBeam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZenBeam)\
**Post date:** [October 15, 2012, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/power-point-file-size/637807/4 "2012-10-15T22:55:20Z")

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Our version at work will automatically compress pictures when you save the PowerPoint. There’s some way to turn that feature _off_, but it’s hard to find the option, and IIRC, it needs to be turned off on a document by document basis.