To find out the size of your file, go to wherever you saved your file. Right-click on it. Select “Properties” which will provide the file size. The file needs to be 10MB or smaller.
Tip 1:
Do not embed any videos in your presentation. Instead, you may link to a video that is online, such as on YouTube.
Tip 2:
- For PowerPoint or Word, downsize images
- First, simply select an image (any one will do) in your presentation.
- Format picture tool bar, select the Compress Pictures option.
- In the options, make sure that you apply it to ALL pictures in the file. Also, you will want to choose to delete cropped areas of pictures.
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- After doing this, Save As with a new filename.
- This should decrease the size.
Tip 3:
For PowerPoint or Word, save file as a PDF instead
- Often, when you print the file to a PDF, it will automatically compress the size.
Tip 4:
For PDF files, save file with a new name
- Oftentimes, just saving the file with a new name will automatically compress the file and provide you with a smaller file.
Tip 5:
Zip up file
- Go to wherever you saved your file.
- Right-click on it.
- Select “Send to” in the pop-up menu.
- Then, select “Compressed (zipped) folder”.
- Hopefully, the new .zip file may be saved down to under 10MB.