This IS the Avid L2: Re: [Avid-L2] OT: Help converting PowerPoint to PDF

Thursday, January 8, 2015

Re: [Avid-L2] OT: Help converting PowerPoint to PDF

Thanks for the tip, Ron. I think I did that before and I just tried it
again to confirm. It generates a 7+ MB file, roughly twice the size of
the ppt. 7 MB isn't a complete deal breaker but I suspect that a fair
number of the people who will want to access this have pretty slow
connections and/or limited data plans. Thank you too, Curtis. I'm not
sure if jpegs would be smaller but they would eliminate the ability to
copy and paste text. Since this is part of an online course, I want
people to be able to collect bits and pieces as a way of taking notes.
--J.B.

Ronald Loneker rloneker@cse.edu [Avid-L2] wrote:
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> John -
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> When you go to save as in PowerPoint and select the pdf option, do you
> see two options "Standard" and "Minimum Size?"
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> The Minimum Size option will create a much smaller .pdf file that
> might get closer to your original PPT fize size.
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> I've used this option in the past.
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> I'm not sure what version of PowerPoint you are using or whether this
> option is available to you, but I'm passing this along for what it's
> worth.
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> Ron Loneker, Jr.
> Director of Media Services
> College of Saint Elizabeth
> Mahoney Library
> 2 Convent Road
> Morristown, NJ 07960
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> Phone: 973-290-4229 <tel:973-290-4229>
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> e-mail: rloneker@cse.edu <mailto:rloneker@cse.edu>
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> On Thu, Jan 8, 2015 at 2:01 PM, John Beck jb30343@windstream.net
> <mailto:jb30343@windstream.net> [Avid-L2] <Avid-L2@yahoogroups.com
> <mailto:Avid-L2@yahoogroups.com>> wrote:
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> Sorry about the Way Off Topic post but I know there are lots of smart
> people here.
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> I have a Powerpoint file (about 50 slides, about 3.5 MB) that I
> want to
> convert to a PDF so that it can be available via a link from a
> website.
> When I do a "save as" or a print to pdf from Powerpoint, the
> result is
> about twice the size of the original ppt. I've tried re-saving from
> Adobe Acrobat using the "reduce file size" option but it doesn't
> reduce
> it significantly. Is there a way to create a pdf that is more or less
> the same size as the original ppt?
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> Many thanks for any help or insight!! Feel free to reply off list.
> --J.B.
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