DVD PowerPoint Presentation

[Guest]

With PowerPoint 2003, can I download (burn) a presentation (with hundreds of
slides, narration & music) to a DVD and view the presentation on a TV via a
DVD player – i.e. not playing the DVD on a computer? Assuming that PowerPoint
Viewer accompanies the presentation, does the DVD have to use a computer to
be viewed?

 

[Sonia]

The Viewer can only be run on a computer - - it's a computer program. If you
want to create a DVD for play on a TV, you'll first need to convert your
presentation to a video. See the tutorial at
http://www.powerpointbackgrounds.com/powerpoint-to-dvd.htm
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Sonia Coleman
Microsoft PowerPoint MVP Team
Autorun Software, Templates and Tutorials
http://www.soniacoleman.com

 

[Guest]

WOW, Sonia, that's quite a process!! I don't know if I am capable of doing
it. I have some 500 photos/scanned documents that I want to include in the
presentation, hopefully with some narrative & music background. Might this be
too much for this 3-4 step process?

I've not made my PPP yet, but having been familiar with PP from office
presentations, I've liked it's versatility. Because of the complicated (at
least for me) 3 or 4 steps involved, would I be better off using some other
program that might (?) allow me to directly prepare a presentation that could
be burned onto a DVD & be viewable on a TV via a DVD player? Does such
software exist?

Roy

 

[Sonia]

I would recommend Movie Maker 2, which is free from Microsoft. It is perfect
for photo shows. It offers a large selection of transitions and you can add
music tracks too. It's also quite easy to learn and to use. The output is a
video file that can be burned to a DVD with your CD/DVD burning software.

You can find it at
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/downloads/updates/moviemaker2.mspx. It
requires Windows XP, Service Pack 2.

 

[TAJ Simmons]

What Sonia Said.... but also.... I guess she's busy..... if you have access
to a home dvd recorder, and the right cables, and a TV-out socket on your
computer....you can record direct to a blank dvd/cd from the computer.

A lot of people ask for how to convert powerpoint to a dvd. It ought to be
real easy, but unfortunately it's not... maybe one day!

Cheers
TAJ Simmons
microsoft powerpoint mvp

awesome - powerpoint backgrounds,
free powerpoint templates, tutorials, hints and tips etc
http://www.powerpointbackgrounds.com

 

[TAJ Simmons]

An Experiment....

I have the same experience and gotten this response:
wvvw.powerpoint-to-dvd.com
And recently the newest version is on release. Just have a try and hope
it helps.

 

[Steve Rindsberg]

An Experiment....

I have the same experience and gotten this response:
wvvw.powerpoint-to-dvd.com
And recently the newest version is on release. Just have a try and hope
it helps.

C'mon. Take off the silly TAJ mask.

Do you really need to resort to this sort of pathetic trick to sell your
software?

 

[Steve Rindsberg]

Ooops. My mistake, sorry.

That *was* TAJ behind the silly TAJ mask.

Pay me no mind.

 

[Michael]

You can do it with certain software like Acoolsoft PPT2DVD since PowerPoint
does not have a native feature to do that.
http://www.ppt-to-video.com/powerpoint-to-dvd-overview.html