Transcript PowerPoint Bloat - Gateway Technical College

PowerPoint Bloat
How to avoid it
1 PowerPoint technique,
4 image techniques
•
PowerPoint
1. Split long PowerPoint files into several smaller files
•
Image
1. Crop images to show only relevant area
2. Change images from print resolution to screen
resolution
3. Resize images – reduce number of pixels
4. Save as compressed .jpg, .gif or .png
Splitting a
PowerPoint file
1. Shift+click to
select
multiple
slides from
left pane.
– Copy or cut
These four
slides are
selected
Can now
copy or cut
them
Splitting a
PowerPoint file
2. Open a new
blank
PowerPoint
file
3. Click in the left
pane, then
paste the
slides into the
left pane
Paste here
Splitting a PowerPoint file
• Save the file under a
different name
– File -> Save As
Splitting a PowerPoint file
• Delete out a group of slides to leave the
number you want
– Use Shift+click in the left pane to select and
delete, or
– Use Shift+click in Slide Sorter view (View ->
Slide Sorter) to select and delete
• Save again
Image Technique 1 Crop image
• You may need
to change the
magnification to
view enter
image
• Type in a
number
between 1-100
Open the image in your image
editor
• We are using Photoshop or Photoshop
Elements
• Most image editors have the same
commands
Image Technique 1 Crop image
• Choose the
crop tool
Crop image
• Click and
drag a
rectangle
around
the area
to keep
• Press
ENTER
key
Image Technique 2
Change to screen resolution
100 dpi
is
good
Before:
180 dpi
Change to screen resolution
100 dpi
is
good
Changed
to
100 dpi
Image Technique 3 – reduce the
number of pixels
• At 100
dpi, for
a 6-inch
picture
on
screen I
choose
width of
600
Check magnification again
• Change
to 100
and
press
ENTER
key
Image Technique 4 - Save
compressed – as .gif or .jpg
• Choose
File ->
Save
for Web
Chose GIF or JPEG