Five ways to share PowerPoint Presentations with DVD

Again and again, friends from answers.yahoo.com ask me how to burn PowerPoint Presentations onto DVD.

Some of them create compelling PowerPoint slideshows with audio and video clips embedded so that they have no choices but attach the huge packages in the E-mails to send them to others for sharing.

I met a teacher who also had such problems. He had to make a presentation at a place where there is only a DVD Player and a TV without a computer.
So I think it is really necessary to write a comprehensive guide to help you to burn PowerPoint onto DVD for easy distribution and easy sharing.
In this guide five methods will be introduced to help you to convert and save PowerPoint onto DVD.
Method A:Use Windows movie maker to convert PowerPoint to video and then burn it to DVD -Free
Method B:Use PowerPoint to Video Converter to convert
PowerPoint to video and then burn it to DVD -$49.95
Method C:Use PowerPoint to DVD Burner to burn PowerPoint
to DVD directly - $99.95
Method D:Use Camtasia Studio to record PowerPoint as video and then burn it to DVD -$299.95
Method E:Mac users - Export PowerPoint/Keynote file to Quicktime video to burn to DVD -Free

Method A:Use Windows movie maker to convert PowerPoint to video and then burn it to DVD
Step 1. Save your PowerPoint slide show as "PNG" images.
Step 2. Import the pictures to your Windows Movie Maker
Step 3. Select all the imported images and add them to Storyboard
Step 4. Add video effects to the slides (Optional)
Step 5. Save the slide show as a Movie File.

Method B:Use PowerPoint to Video Converter (if a
Bootcamp was installed,it can be also operate on Mac) and then burn it to DVD
Step 1. Insert the PowerPoint files into the converter
Step 2. Set the output options and start to burn
Step 3. Burn the converted video to DVD

Method C: Use PowerPoint to DVD Burner (if a Bootcamp was
installed,it can be also operate on Mac) to burn PowerPoint onto DVD directly
Step 1: Import: You can import up to 12 presentation files at a time.
Step 2: Setting: Check the default settings and make some changes if needed
Step 3. Burn: Click the "Start" button

Method D: Use Camtasia Studio to record PowerPoint as video to burn to DVD
Download: http://www.techsmith.com

Step 1. Set your computer display resolution as 800*600
Step 2. Save your PowerPoint file as PPS files
Step 3. Set Camtasia studio to record the whole screen
Step 4. Play your PowerPoint PPS file and Press "F9" to start recording the screen
Step 5. When you reach your last blank slide, Press F10 to tell Camtasia Recorder to stop recording. You will be prompted to save the captured slideshow, so choose a directory and enter a filename. Click "Save". Camtasia will save your capture as an .AVI file.
Step 6. Then you can burn the video to DVD with Nero or Roxio

Method E: Mac user - Use Quick time to convert PowerPoint to video to then burn it to DVD
Step 1. In Powerpoint, export your presentation as a Quicktime movie "PowerPoint Movie"
If you are using keynote, just export your presentation to Quicktime file directly
Step 2. Burn the Quicktime movie to DVD with your DVD burner.

Advantages and disadvantages
Method A is free but it will lost the transitions and animations in your original PowerPoint.
Method B is cheap and it can retain transitions and animations, but it can't create DVD menus.
Method C has a medium price, it can burn PowerPoint to DVD with DVD Menus and retain the animations, transitions,
sound and movie clips in the original PowerPoint file. (Recommended)
Method D is fairly expensive, but it has lots of other functions such as recording the screen.
Method E is free, but only for Mac users.

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Two Free Methods to Convert PowerPoint to Swf

Converting PowerPoint to Flash would absolutely be a good choice to distribute your bulky PowerPoint Presentation.

You can do the whole PowerPoint-to-Flash conversion manually or with related free software according to the following two methods:

Method I:

If you don’t have Flash you might need a free program called MotionSWF and PowerPoint although you don’t even need PowerPoint as any presentation app that outputs the presentation as a series of .jpg or .png slides will work.

1. Inside PowerPoint Export as a JPG by opening the presentation then hitting File&gtSave as (Pick JPEG) and when it asks to export every frame say yes. PPT will then create a new folder with each slide as a JPG. Note Flash does not import WMF correctly. The only tool I have found outside of those made by MS, who created the format, that does is WMF Companion. Exporting as a WMF sequence from PPT and then re-importing will seriously mess up your work in many situations (mostly with text). If you did not use any text you may want to export as WMF as they will scale while a raster output tends to pixilate when scaled.

2. Now you have only had to click import and choose Slide1 and then Flash will ask you if you want to import all the Images as a Sequence. All your slides are now in Flash. Alternatively if you own Flash MX you could turn your Image Sequence into an AVI and import it as Video.

3. If you do not own Flash 5/MX and do not have an app that can import a sequence then a very simple piece of freeware can convert any Image Sequence into a SWF called Motion SWF is available http://ra.sakura.ne.jp/~taos/moswf/ You will need a SWF Authoring tool that either supports AS (KM, 3DFA, LM2) or Tell Target (SWiSH) to stop and start each frame in your animation if desirable. Likewise if your app will import SWF then you could just import the SWF.

4. In order to use Motion SWF open it and drag the created slide folder into the application. Click the movie button and you can set the frame speed. If you set Frames to 1 your presentation will play at 1 FPS, which is suitable for many slideshows.

But if you want your PPT Text effects preserved this will not work.

Method II:

First, you'll need to prepare the PowerPoint files. Make sure you are not using any complicated gradients or animations. These will be interpreted poorly when they are brought into Flash. Also, make sure there are no objects that fall outside the confines of the slide area. This will ensure that all the slides align correctly when they are imported to Flash. Now, save a copy of your presentation without any background images. You may want to also choose a contrasting background color to easily see the content of each slide. You all import the background images into Flash at a later time.

Second, choose File > Save As... from your PowerPoint document and save the presentation as a Windows Metafile (*.wmf). This will save your entire presentation as a sequence of files. WMF files keep all text.

Next, create a new Flash Document and resize the Stage to 720 x 540. Change the background color to black. Choose File > Import > Import to Stage... and import the first WMF file. When asked to import all of the images in the sequence, choose Yes. This will place each slide from your presentation onto a sequence of frames.

Then, create a new layer under the slides layer and import the images to use for your background. You'll probably need two images, one for title slides and one for the regular slides.

Now it's time for some manual labor. You'll need to go through every frame of the movie and delete the solid background shape from your slides layer. Once this is complete, you should see the content of each slide with the correct background image behind it.

Finally, add a frame to the end of your movie. Place some static text on that frame that says something like "End of slideshow, click to exit."

Alright, now it's time to move on to some ActionScript. Create a new layer for your actions. There are a few statements you'll need to include right away.
First, you want this movie to play full screen so add an fscommand.
fscommand("fullscreen","true")-;
To make sure the Stage resizes correctly specify the scaleMode.
Stage.scaleMode = "exactFit";
Finally, you don't want the movie to begin playing through all the slides right away before the user starts clicking, so add a stop function.
stop();
You'll need to include some functions that will be used frequently to navigate the presentation.
function gotoNextSlide():Void {
if (_currentframe <>Next, we need to handle all the keyboard and mouse events so that the user can navigate through the slides. We'll do this by creating a new listener object.
var myListener:Object = new Object();
myListener.onKeyDown = myOnKeyDown;
myListener.onKeyUp = myOnKeyUp;
Key.addListener(myListener);
myListener.onMouseUp = myOnMouseUp;
Mouse.addListener(myListener);-Here are the listener functions.
function myOnKeyDown():Void {
if (Key.isDown(Key.DOWN) || Key.isDown(Key.PGDN)) {
gotoNextSlide();
} else if (Key.isDown(Key.UP) || Key.isDown(Key.PGUP)) {
gotoPreviousSlide();
} else if (Key.isDown(Key.END)) {
gotoEnd();
} else if (Key.isDown(Key.HOME)) {
gotoHome();
}
}

function myOnKeyUp():Void {
if (Key.getCode() == 27) {
quit();
}
}
function myOnMouseUp():Void {
gotoNextSlide();
}
If the steps below is too complicated to you, you can try some PowerPoint to Flash converters. Some free office applications like OpenOffice (http://www.openoffice.org) offers the output as SWF file, but without animations and effects.

Which one do you prefer? That's your choice!

Now,on the web free PowerPoint to SWF converter can also be found,such as authorPOINT^TM Lite Free PowerPoint to Flash Converter for PPS, PPT to SWF

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Convert PowerPoint to DVD for Children Teaching

Convert PowerPoint to DVD for Children Teaching

Make some powerpoint presentations for children teaching, then convert the powerpoint to dvd and play it on DVD player, let your children enjoy your teaching all day.

"From birth, parents must choose toys and learning tools for their child that are fun and enjoyable to play with and that also foster sensorial growth to ensure a more complete development process," says Dr. Kathleen Alfano, leading child Researcher and Director of the Fisher-Price Child Research Department. Therefore, when there are thousands of toys and learning tools for our parents to choose for the children's development, what is the best tool that would foster your children's sensorial growth? And what should we rely on to increase their sight and sound experiences? -The answer is PowerPoint to DVD Burner

E-learning for Today's children

Moyea PPT to DVD Burner would be surely a good choice for your children, as it is a professional tool designed to convert PowerPoint presentations to DVD video files for wider sharing and distribution with much enhanced pleasure and attraction, which would be much suitable for our children; and PowerPoint is currently the most fashion method in education field. The more detailed advantages of using Moyea PPT to DVD Burner for your children teaching would like to be listed as follows:

• Benefits from the functions Moyea PPT to DVD Burner:

View your PPT on DVD and TV

1. Generate DVD disc directly from PowerPoint
2. Convert PowerPoint to video file in MPEG format
3. Retain original music, flash, movie clips in source PPT
4. Insert any background music you like to the output
5. Record your own narration as the introduction or explanation for the output and your children
6. Custom DVD menu like add text and background image to navigate and attract your children's attention
7. Create DVD image file like ISO file for the third-part burn program to record DVD disc

• Benefits from the operation of Moyea PPT to DVD Burner:
  

Easier use and faster conversion obtain much more efficient work

1. User friendly interface let you enjoy the course of operation
2. Easy-to-use operation let every parents become the hero in front of your children
3. Fast conversion let you patience is no longer a problem
4. Flexible output settings for different screen size to meet specific needs
5. Batch conversion supported let your spare time still enough

• Benefits from the effect of Moyea PPT to DVD Burner:
  

Clearer audio and clearer video achieve much teaching effects

1. The output has excellent clear audio and video, let alone the problem of audio and video synchronization, audio distort, then your teaching efficient will be automatically and naturally increased a lot.
2. The animation output viewed on DVD Player or TV will largely attract your children's attention and interest, then let your teaching and your children's learning no longer boring.
3. The generated DVD disc with your presentation can be distributed more convenient, and share your great work with your families and more of your friends and students.

All in all, when PowerPoint has become the main method in the educational field, and DVD and TV becomes the most fashionable visual enjoyment tool for people currently, why not we naturally expect the effect would be much better if these two elements are perfectly matched? And why not we think PowerPoint to DVD burner is a wise decision?

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Upload PowerPoint Presentation to YouTube

When you made a admirable PowerPoint presentation, and would like to upload it to YouTube to share with others. YouTube accepts video files from most digital cameras, camcorders, and cell phones in the WMV, AVI, MOV, and MPEG file formats. But PowerPoint presentations are not video formats and Microsoft itself also doesn't support the conversion. How to resolve this problem? Here I'll show you two ways to upload PowerPoint to YouTube.

1. Use Windows movie maker that included in your Windows machine (see how to import PowerPoint to Windows movie maker). It can help you make beautiful slideshow or video clip (e.g. mixing your songs with pictures/video/lyrics/etc), then save it as video file such as wmv.

Or just get those clips you want, save & convert them, and then mix/match with pix/sound/etc using Windows movie maker to create new masterpieces.

When the output video comes out, you can upload it to YouTube.

2. Use third party software to convert PowerPoint to YouTube support video. Moyea PPT4Web Converter is the right tool to help you easily convert your PowerPoint presentations to stunning videos. With it, you won't lose any voice, movies, animations and transitions in the original PowerPoint. The video converted should retain all the subtitles in the PowerPoint.

With only 3 clicks, you can convert PowerPoint presentations to video formats such as MPEG, AVI, MP4, WMV, MOV and 3GP with excellent quality.

Step of how to do it:
1. Install Moyea PPT4Web Converter.
2. Run it and then click Import to load the PowerPoint presentations you want to convert.
3. Set the output format.
4.Start the PowerPoint to Youtube video conversion process.

Minutes later, you get the converted video and can upload it to YouTube.

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