Problem opening a really big .pptx file

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O-Trap

Chief Shenanigans Officer

18,868 posts
Fri, Sep 28, 2018 6:12 PM

I've got a huge PowerPoint file.  Like 2.4 gigs huge.  Lots of video in it.

Now, I have the unfortunate task of editing it.  Herein lies the problem: I can't open it in either MS Powerpoint or in LibreOffice Impress.

Is there some sort of tool out there that would be better suited for something this god-awfully big?  I've already accepted that I need to get in there and link the videos instead of embedding them (after I dick-punch the genius who embedded them all), but I can't even get in to do that.

Commander of Awesome

Senior Pwner

24,614 posts
Fri, Sep 28, 2018 6:27 PM

Google sheets would be my first thought.

As someone who has to use PPT often, I would like to reiterte what a shit and over used tool it is.

O-Trap

Chief Shenanigans Officer

18,868 posts
Fri, Sep 28, 2018 6:37 PM

Well, I use it for sales videos pretty frequently, and I actually like it for that.  Granted, you can do the same thing or more in After Effects or Sony Vegas Pro, but there's a learning curve there.

But any time I've made the docs themselves, I've linked to videos.  I never embedded the damn things.  I reached out to the guy I used, but I've already paid him.  If I'd noticed how big the file was, we'd have had a few words before I sent the last portion of the payment.

O-Trap

Chief Shenanigans Officer

18,868 posts
Fri, Sep 28, 2018 6:39 PM

I'm gonna try Google Sheets and/or Microsoft's Powerpoint Online tool.  We'll see how that goes.

TrollerCoaster

Junior Member

61 posts
Tue, Oct 2, 2018 8:39 PM

Get drunk and panic!

O-Trap

Chief Shenanigans Officer

18,868 posts
Tue, Oct 2, 2018 11:48 PM
posted by TrollerCoaster

Get drunk and panic!

What if I told you I'd already tried that?