Systems, methods and software for improving the energy footprint of an electronic document

One or more computer readable storage media having program instructions stored thereon that, when executed by one or more processors, direct a computing apparatus to at least:

• display an electronic presentation document in a user interface to an application;
• identify characteristics of the electronic presentation document related to an energy footprint of the electronic presentation document, wherein the characteristics include a presence of overlapping content in a slide;
• send a request including the characteristics of the electronic presentation document to an energy analysis service to determine the energy footprint of the electronic presentation document;
• receive a reply to the request, wherein the reply includes a recommendation to alter the electronic presentation document to decrease the energy footprint of the electronic presentation document;
• and
• modify the electronic presentation document in accordance with the recommendation.

A method of operating an energy analysis service comprising:

• receiving a request to determine an energy footprint of an electronic presentation document in a user interface to an application, wherein the request includes characteristics of the electronic presentation document related to the energy footprint of the electronic presentation document and the characteristics include a presence of overlapping content in a slide;
• identifying the energy footprint of the electronic presentation document;
• identifying an alteration to the electronic presentation document that decreases the energy footprint of the electronic presentation document;
• and
• modifying the electronic presentation document in accordance with the alteration.