Bloated files - found - a painful improvised solution

having followed several items in forum concerning project files sizes bloating (within captivate 4) i've tried few experiments , results may helpful others.

 

test 1): file of 1 slide (yes, one) had magically grown few kilobytes 55mb - slide review slide automatically built in captivate if select review option in quiz. change had made (native) slide put small white rectangle onto slide. why 55mb? clue had extracted slide set of 200 slides (yes, big) had size of 175mb.

 

so created 1 slide set (blank slide) of same screen resolution , imported review page.

 

i saved project under new name.

 

rushed file directory , new file size? 377kb. cool reduction of 54.5mb!

 

test 2): file of 20 slides containing video , audio. purged of unused library items. file size 82mb.

 

repeated process per test 1.

 

new file size? 3.5mb - , reasonable considering has audio stream.

 

 

captivate 4 has problem needs urgent attention, worst case of bloating have ever come across. it's if entire history of project being added project (library?) on every single project change topsy gets bigger , bigger.

 

remedy whilst adobe gets act , fixes product, tentatively, seems be:

 

divide bloated project 20 slide sets (assuming large project) - i've learnt hard way has problems importing slides/objects bigger (crashes routinely slide set more 25 slides).

 

then create 1 slide project (same dimensions etc.) , import 20 slide sections 1 slide project few slides @ time, bring in first five, second, third etc. until 20 imported.

 

next save new project under new name. call s1

 

repeat until twenty slide sets have been imported new projects. s1, s2, s3 ...

 

now create final new 1 slide project. call p1.

 

import sets s1, s2, s3 ... etc p1 - import (because size has shrunk).

 

finally save p1 under new name say, p1complete.

 

completed project has shrunk 80% in size , manageable though has many slides.

 

huge apologies if has been covered before couldn't find answer captivate 4 bloating across threads, , impacting important project here.

 

regards,

 

henry

 

 

i suppose daisy chain 20 slide projects (s1, s2, s3 etc) instead of making 1 big project (p1).

 

just in case need further manipulations , dreaded file bloat happens again.

 

 

and here thinking cap 4 supposed fix file bloat problem.

 

i might stick cap 3 while longer... @ least know how make want.

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