DVD with interactive options

[Itay]

Hello,
I was wondering if it is possible
to convert a PPS file to DVD and still keep
the user's ability to navigate inside it.
I mean, if a certain slide in Powerpoint has
a button that pressing it will take you to the next slide,
will it be possible to have this same option, using a
cursor while playing it on DVD.

I understad that the PPT to DVD convertion is possible,
but as a movie. my question regards the possibilty of
conserving the PPT animation and it's interactive
qualities.

Thanks in advance.

 

[Austin Myers]

In a word, no, sorry.

Austin Myers
MS PowerPoint MVP Team

 

[Itay]

Thanks,
Maybe somebody knows how can I produce a DVD file which
will contain the same interactive abilites such as my PPT
file. Or in other ward - In which software should I use
to do so in the easiest way?

 

[Austin Myers]

I don't know of any DVD players that support an on screen mouse function.

Austin Myers
MS PowerPoint MVP Team

 

[John Langhans [MSFT]]

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Hello,

PowerPoint does not have the built-in ability to save presentations as
video files or other video formats such as DVD-Video and, even if it did,
there would be significant loss of interactivity (because DVD-Video and
PowerPoint slide show have very different capabilities in this area) and
loss of visual fidelity (DVD-Video resolution is less than typical computer
display resolution and most television will not render colors the same way
that a computer display will).

Although there have been some requests, made directly to Microsoft, for the
ability to export PowerPoint presentations to DVD, it's not always clear,
from the suggestion submissions, which of the DVD formats are desired; what
"problem" does saving as DVD solve for each customer; and, given the
limitations of DVD-Video (and other movie formats) when compared to the
fidelity of a native PowerPoint slide show, what slide show
capabilities/quality customers are willing to give up in order to get the
perceived benefits of DVD output.

So, if the ability save presentations to DVD-Video (even with unavoidable
loss of some interactivity capabilities), directly from within PowerPoint,
is important to you (or anyone else reading this message), or if there are
specific features of PowerPoint slide show distribution that you would like
to see (which might eliminate the need to save presentations as DVD-Video),
don't forget to send your feedback (in YOUR OWN WORDS, please) to Microsoft
at:

http://register.microsoft.com/mswish/suggestion.asp

As with all product suggestions, it's important that you not just state
your wish but also WHY it is important to you that your product suggestion
be implemented by Microsoft. Microsoft receives thousands of product
suggestions every day and we read each one but, in any given product
development cycle, there are only sufficient resources to address the ones
that are most important to our customers so take the extra time to state
your case as clearly and completely as possible.

IMPORTANT: Each submission should be a single suggestion (not a list of
suggestions).

John Langhans
Microsoft Corporation
Supportability Program Manager
Microsoft Office PowerPoint for Windows
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