Presenter project's "Master" file is Huge! Causing slow loading?

I have just finished several presenter projects for a client, and all work fine, except for the loading time of one.
First off: all of them work fine on my computer. They load quickly and get right to work. When I upload them to a website (not the final destination, but my own FTP folder), they also work fine. But one takes a long time to load - about a minute. This occurs every time I try to view it. Eventually it starts up and then performs as it is supposed to.
I have re-loaded the files, and have re-created the presentation. It still loads after about a minute, and that's with my relatively fast DSL speed.
I have examined the insides and discovered this one difference between it and the others: The "Master" file, located within the data folder in huge at 68,085 kb. (The actual name of the file is "Master80000000." All the Master files have a number or number-letter name.) The other five presentations have Master files of 6kb, 1kb, 1kb, 6kb, and 180kb.
Obviously this Master file has a range of sizes, but why is the one ten thousand times bigger than most of the rest?
Any help would be appreciated. Thanks!

Hi Jorma,
Thank you for your answer. I had actually discovered the Master File in this PowerPoint presentation. It would help to know that I did not create this presentation, nor am I fully experienced in Powerpoint. I am learning as I go along, though.
So, I discovered the Master Slide had an image as the background, and it seemed to be a large resoultion image. It also seemed to be fully covered up by the content of every slide. I think that the creator of this presentation uses this as his master slide and just covers it if he doesn't want it showing. At any rate, I changed the image to a simple color gradient and saved it. Saving took several seconds. When I go back to the slide master, I can see no trace of the image.
However, exporting a new presentation did not result in a master file (in the data folder) that was any smaller. It was exactly the same, in fact. I think that Presenter has the content stuck in its memory and wont let go.
Do you know how I might totally re-set the master slide in PPT to make sure the master file in Presenter does not come out so large? Is there perhaps any other info that is contained in the master file?
I have alleviated the problem by changing my output setting from high quality to medium. The master file comes out at 2,000 kb. Still much larger than others, but at least it doesn't take a minute to load.

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