Xcelsius - SWF embedded in ppt creates large file - how to reduce it?

Hi there,
I have successfully created my dashboard and need to add the swf file to a ppt with additional information.
The actual swf file is about 1.2MB, the ppt without it is about 800KB but combined, the file is 3.8MB - even trying to zip it only gets it down to 3.5MB which is still too big to send it out by email on a daily/weekly basis.
Any tips how to further compress the file size?
Many thanks

Erik,
The short answer is yes, but let's talk about some options...
As a footnote to all of this, just understand that CS3 by
default exports swf content for Flash Player version 9. So yes,
you're going to experience the same series of problems that have
been widely reported here about the very same issue.
Although you could export flash files to earlier versions,
that will only solve half the problem; you'd
also have to backdate your flash player to version 8 before
Adobe pushed the upgrade last year. Adobe had a page where you
could download previous versions of the Flash Player here:
http://www.adobe.com/go/tn_14266
Easier option: Adobe's Tech Note regarding the issue of the
.dll file can be found here:
http://www.adobe.com/go/9df0a79f
Caveat: IF you opt to install the .dll file using build
.269, there is another nasty bug you'll have to deal with. When you
publish a deck that contains content in the notes section of
PowerPoint, what you'll see is encoded text in the Notes Panel of
your Breeze presentation. There's a fix for that as well, but it
requires you to change an attibute in a line of code. What you'll
need to do is open the viewer.xml doc that gets created after
publishing. It can be found in the data directory. Then you'll need
to find and replace
every instance of
isHTML="false" and set it to "true". Simply re-run your
index.html file for the presentation and that should clear up the
notes bug.
HTH
Rob
visit my new forum for Breeze/Presenter:
www.robrode.com/yabb/

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