1. Too Big Practice Making the File Size Smaller

2. What Size is My File? To determine the size of a file: PC: With the file closed, right click on the icon for the file as seen on the computer desktop and select “Properties”. MAC: With the file closed, right click on the icon for the file as seen on the computer desktop and select “Get Info”

3. Image Formats and File Size Making an image smaller, can reduce the file size. Changing an image format from Bitmap (.bmp) to JPEG (.jpg) can greatly reduce file size This Bitmap.bmp image file is 336 kb

4. .bmp to.jpg A variety of free software packages convert.bmp to.jpg On MAC or PC, if you double click an image, it should open in a viewer that will allow you to save as a different file format. 336 kb.bmp file56 kb.jpg file Can you see the difference?

5. Smaller Size The large.bmp is 956 kb. The small.jpg is 56 kb.

6. Final Tips By reducing the size of an image file, overall project size can be reduced. By converting.bmp to.jpg file format, overall project size can be reduced. The help menu of PowerPoint and other programs can provide other tips on reducing file size. See how small you can make this PowerPoint file size, before you submit it.