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Office:Mac 2011, PowerPoint, Q&A

Q&A: does PowerPoint:Mac 2011 support “reduce file size”?

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Steve asked:

Did PPT get the “reduce file size” ability of the Windows version?

Yes!  In PowerPoint:Mac 2011, go to File -> Reduce File Size.  When you do that, you get the following dialog:

Reduce File Size dialog
PowerPoint 2011: "Reduce File Size" dialog

For more information about reducing your file size, including the options you have for the picture quality, you can check out the help topic for it.

We’ve had a lot of requests for this feature, and here it is!

Office:Mac 2011

Office:Mac 2011 hits store shelves on October 26

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This morning, my team announced that Office for Mac will be available on October 26.  We’ve got another video for you, showing off some more of our new features (including a Word 2011 feature that I love and use all the time: full-screen view).  Go check it out: Office for Mac 2011 Behind the Scenes.  The fine folks at Amazon.com have it ready for pre-order now: Home and Student Edition (1 license or 3 licenses, doesn’t include Outlook) and Home and Business Edition (1 license or 2 licenses, does include Outlook)

The reviews are starting to come in.  Macworld has reviews for Word, PowerPoint, and Excel; I’m waiting for the Outlook review! Although today is the annual Microsoft Company Meeting, and Raymond Chen (whose Old New Thing blog is required reading) theorised that we would see Microsoft execs give a parody of the Old Spice Guy commercials, I’m going to be glued to my mail, browser, and twitter to watch reviews come in.

Now that the embargo has lifted, I can finally start answering questions.  Who wants to start?  Depending on length, I’ll either answer directly in the comments or write a new post.