Saving as a DVD

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Marketing Man

Does anyone know if its possible to save a powerpoint
file (.ppt) as a DVD so I could play it over a DVD player
and a television rather than off my pc?

If so, I'd like to know how.

Thanks.
 
If you are willing to give up 4/5ths of the image quality (jagged text and
fuzzy pictures) and eliminate the entire non-linier tangental developement
PowerPoint offers and are willing to forego the pausing at a slide while the
speaker speaks, then sure; PowerPoint is just what you wanted.

If, however, you want to make a movie to record to DVD, then perhaps a movie
editing software package is more what you are seeking.

Look here for more:
http://www.rdpslides.com/pptfaq/FAQ00156.htm

B
 
Marketing Man,

To create a DVD movie based off your PowerPoint Slides,

1. Save all slides as images (.jpg or .gif) - File, Save As, Select Type dropdown list.
2. Import the images into video editing software such as Movie Maker 2 (comes with Windows Me and XP).
3. Save/Export Movie as an DV-AVI format if using Movie Maker or MPEG for another application.
4. Burn to DVD or VCD using either your Video editing software or you can try Roxio 6.

Good Luck,
Advisor-Norris
1-888-INGENIO extension: 0338668
 
[CRITICAL UPDATE - If you are using Office 2003, you should install this
update as soon as possible. From PowerPoint, choose "Help -> Check for
Updates".]

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
Microsoft Office Picture Manager for Windows

For FAQ's, highlights and top issues, visit the Microsoft PowerPoint
support center at: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?pr=ppt
Search the Microsoft Knowledge Base at:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?pr=kbhowto

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B said:
If you are willing to give up 4/5ths of the image quality (jagged text and
fuzzy pictures)
Click to expand...

That's a little unfair, though it's true video is lower resolution than most
computer displays.
If you truly do get fuzzy pictures and jagged text then you're doing
something wrong.
And, as most of the reasons the quality is lower on video are due to the
differences in technology, using a video editing package will not
necessarily improve matters.
 
There are also many applications that create DVD slideshows from stills
(including Roxio 6 and Ulead DVD Pictureshow), so you could skip steps 2 and
3.

Advisor-Norris said:
Marketing Man,

To create a DVD movie based off your PowerPoint Slides,

1. Save all slides as images (.jpg or .gif) - File, Save As, Select Type dropdown list.
2. Import the images into video editing software such as Movie Maker 2
Click to expand...
(comes with Windows Me and XP).
 
Adam,

You are probably right. The results I have had from my attempts have been
so far from acceptable that I am somewhat embittered to the entire process.

I had hoped that this would be a workaround for the lack of music to
presentation sync issues, but because of the low quality of the resulting
movie file, I would not be willing to display the results I have been able
to achieve to an audience. Because of this, I am forced to do complicated
opening routines, when set to music, manually at the time of presentation.
This requires a lot of rehearsal time and creates a situation that could go
very wrong, very quickly. Luckily, to date, it hasn't, but this is because
of my fretting over these opening presentations, not because of a solution.

I've put in a request to the MS Wish line for better sync control.
Hopefully the next PP will incorporate this. Obviously, not every situation
needs this tight and hard sync to music, but when you do, there are no
acceptable options open except manual cueing from a printed score.

I guess my frustration with this showed through in my response. While the
bitterness was a little more evident than it should have been, it followed
my experience with the whole capture-to-motion-file issue. If I am wrong,
please educate me. I would be grateful for a solution that offers a quality
image set to music from PowerPoint. (Although the stock value of Tums may
drop,) it would make me a happy presenter.

B
 
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