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Emailing a Power Point presentation

17 years ago

Would someone be able to tell me if there is a way to email a PP presentation, and do I need to make it smaller? If so how do I go about doing this? Step-by-step instructions will be greatly appreciated! (We have Microsoft Office)

Thanks so much!

peg_mn

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abr4xii
17 years ago
FYI: one email program that will accept .exe files is Yahoo.

If it's a very large file you might consider uploading it to
http://www.drivehq.com/
and send them the link

Here is a link that might be useful: here
jerry_nj
17 years ago
I exchange powerpoint (Microsoft) presentation on a regular basis, one simply attaches them to the email, however your email client handles that. All email clients (support programs) I've use provides for attaching files. I see no reason to be concerned about the size, here I assume the file in no more than a few megabytes, that's a very large presentation. These files are usually large enough to make one wait a few minutes for the download if they are using dial-up, if cable or DSL ..the wait is much less, not problem in either case in my view.
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owbist
17 years ago
Well I have been waiting for over 8 hours to send a PowerPoint email out because it is over 6 megs in size. My ISP allows them in but will not send them. Six megs is the limit with some providers but most PPS files are smaller than that.

If the recipient does not have Microsoft Office they can download the free PowerPoint Viewer from Microsoft so they are ale to view the show. There are some excellent PowerPoint emails out there.
jerry_nj
17 years ago
I can understand why an ISP (all ISPs) would consider setting a maximum size for a given email. I note too that 6 Mbytes is a big powerpoint file, but suppose I've received some that size, don't recall. With Dial-Up that would take at least 30 minutes to download I estimate.

I see the size limit as a method to limit damage from those who would try to overload the Internet by sending very large files to "everyone".
peg_mn
Original Author
17 years ago
My husband figured out how to do this! Thanks to all who responded! As always, this is the place to come for answers!

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