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    Opening a large .PPT document on my notebook

    Discussion in 'Windows OS and Software' started by bwright1979, Jun 8, 2008.

  1. bwright1979

    bwright1979 Notebook Enthusiast

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    Hey all,

    I'm working on a MS powerpoint presentation and the file has gotten to be about ~97 MB. When I try to open this file on my notebook (XPS 1530) from a flash drive it takes FOREVER and usually freezes, causing me to have to reboot. So I copied the file onto my desktop and tried to open it from there, it still takes forever, but eventually opens. When I open this document on my computer at work it opens immediately.

    Why is this happening on my notebook??

    My notebook has office 2003.

    Thanks for the help!
     
    bwright1979, Jun 8, 2008
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  2. David

    David NBR Random Reviewer NBR Reviewer

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    Your computer at work has a faster CPU?
     
    David, Jun 8, 2008
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  3. SmoothTofu

    SmoothTofu Inspiron 1420 Owner

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    Not sure if this will help you, but when I worked on a graphic heavy powerpoint a while back the school laptop always locked up for some reason because of a specific font that was used in the powerpoint. It caused it to lag like crazy and usually freeze.
     
    SmoothTofu, Jun 8, 2008
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  4. crash

    crash NBR Assassin

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    or more RAM?
     
    crash, Jun 9, 2008
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    surfasb Titles Shmm-itles

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    97MB takes a while to load up. My 1.5 GB of Emails takes a good 15 secs to load up when I start Outlook. And that's on the Harddrive.
     
    surfasb, Jun 9, 2008
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    qhn Notebook User

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    2nd SmoothTofu.

    It could be that ur ppt has many "imports" that requires additional office packages to be available, especially when it contains excel tables with formulars

    cheers ...
     
    qhn, Jun 9, 2008
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  7. bwright1979

    bwright1979 Notebook Enthusiast

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    My home computer has a faster CPU and more RAM. The file does have a lot of images, graphs, tables, etc., so this is probably the reason it is taking so long to load. But still doesn't explain why my notebook is freezing when opening it.

    Thanks for all your help!
     
    bwright1979, Jun 9, 2008
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