Converting PPT to PDF on Mac Results in HUGE file

Anonymous
2018-03-14T22:14:05+00:00

Over the last few weeks, I've had problems creating PDFs from Powerpoint. When I try to convert a 3-5mb file to a PDF it balloons up to 20-30mb which is way to large to email. 

From reading other threads, it looks like this might be a result of embedded fonts. I just had a recent update from microsoft that totes embedded fonts as a good thing, but I think it's terrible and I would like to turn them off. 

Does anyone have any suggestions? How can I turn off embedded fonts on a mac using PPT version 16.11? 

Any help would be much appreciated. Microsoft support has been utterly useless. 

Thanks!

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Anonymous
2018-07-20T06:49:51+00:00

Hi all,

After a lot of frustration I finally figured it out.

While on Powerpoint, click on Apple and Preferences.

Click on General and change the setting Print Quality (Paper/PDF) Desired Quality to "Medium".

Hope this helps someone else, because it frustrated us for about 2 weeks.

Thanks,

Matias.

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Anonymous
2018-10-04T04:42:52+00:00

While on Powerpoint, click on Apple and Preferences.

Small correction (at least on macOS 10.13 High Sierra and Powerpoint 16.18) - You want to click on "Powerpoint", not "Apple/"

The setting is under 

   Powerpoint > Preferences > General > Print Quality (Paper/PDF)

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  1. Anonymous
    2018-12-03T21:26:43+00:00

    Thanks Matias! I've been trying to solve this for years!

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  2. Anonymous
    2018-11-28T12:46:22+00:00

    Thank you!! I’ve tried several PDF converters and it still wasn’t working.  Your post save me a lot of frustration!

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  3. Anonymous
    2018-11-20T13:43:09+00:00

    Hi all,

    After a lot of frustration I finally figured it out.

    While on Powerpoint, click on Apple and Preferences.

    Click on General and change the setting Print Quality (Paper/PDF) Desired Quality to "Medium".

    Hope this helps someone else, because it frustrated us for about 2 weeks.

    Thanks,

    Matias.

    Thank you so much! This worked for me. I never had this issue before, but the Office package (monthly subscription) updated recently and it was more than tripling the size when saved as a PDF despite compressing the images to email quality.

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