Re: Powerpoint load time in autostart

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From: Steve Rindsberg (abuse_at_localhost.com)
Date: 01/20/05 

Date: Thu, 20 Jan 2005 15:25:57 EST

In article <F1E3DC90-7D25-487A-A77B-2B1B620E1635@microsoft.com>, Safari Helicopters
wrote:
> Thank you Steve. Does that mean that I should split my presentation into
> several parts and list them sequentially in the playlist.txt file? Is there
> any delay between the segments when that happens?

Ah, is this self-running rather than user-directed? I was thinking it was
controlled by the user but if not, the playlist approach might be best in that case.
 Worth a try in any case.

There'll still be a delay as PPT loads each segment, but since it doesn't have to
load the entire hulking six hundred howevermany megs at once, the delays should be
shorter.

>
> Thanks
>
> Gary
>
> "Steve Rindsberg" wrote:
>
> > In article <56B6DA07-4A56-49D0-AAAF-BB5E455423CC@microsoft.com>, Safari
> > Helicopters wrote:
> > > I have a powerpoint presentation on 125 slides, but loaded with audio and
> > > music. The full size is 636 Mb. I load it on a CD okay, but when I want it
> > > to autostart, it takes 6-8 minutes to load. No one wants to wait that long,
> > > including me.
> > >
> > > What do I do to make it load faster, like say 5-10 seonds?
> >
> > It takes time for PPT to load and process data. The more data, the more time,
> > of course.
> >
> > One way to speed things up is to reduce the amount of data (for example by
> > optimizing images, converting the sound to lower quality or from stereo to
> > mono, etc).
> >
> > Another trick is to spread the startup time around a bit. Instead of putting
> > everything in one huge presentation, break it up into linked presentations.
> > The main file might be little more than a menu for the other subsections, so
> > it'd load almost instantly. It could have links to the other larger
> > presentations and might even include a note to users that the files will take a
> > while to load, please be patient, etc.
> >
> >
> > -----------------------------------------
> > Steve Rindsberg, PPT MVP
> > PPT FAQ: www.pptfaq.com
> > PPTools: www.pptools.com
> > ================================================
> >
> >
> >
>

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Steve Rindsberg, PPT MVP
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