'I just created a training PowerPoint file and would like to save PowerPoint to video. Is there any way to save PowerPoint as video, therefore I could view the PowerPoint content on portable player?' - by Alice on Microsoft Community.
Many people search online with questions like 'can PowerPoint 2010 export to video?' or 'how to save PowerPoint 2010 presentations as video'. This is actually easy. Microsoft has already offered the answer.
Sometimes you may want to create videos with PowerPoint 2010, or wonder a solution to help you convert PowerPoint 2010 to video files, therefore you could view PowerPoint 2010 presentations on devices and players without PowerPoint installed. This guide would show you different solutions for you to do PowerPoint 2010 convert to video.
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Part 1: Save PowerPoint 2010 to Video within Microsoft PowerPoint
If you're using PowerPoint versions (older than PowerPoint 2010, desktop version), what you need to do is update your PowerPoint or install the latest Microsoft Office suite to 2010 or later, because since PowerPoint 2010, Microsoft has enabled its PowerPoint 2010 and later version users to easily save PowerPoint presentation as video. The only drawback is that Microsoft only allows you to export PowerPoint 2010 to video in either MP4 or WMV format. You can see how PowerPoint 2010 export to video below:
- Double click your PowerPoint on your computer to open it.
- Click the 'File' menu option on the top-left corner.
- Select and click the 'Export' option on the drop-down menu.
- Click the 'Create a Video' option on the popup panel. 2 drop-down options appear.
- In the first drop-down box, select the quality of video that you wish to create from Computer & HD Displays, Internet & DVD, and Portable Devices.
- In the 2nd pane, select whether you want to use Recorded Timings and Narrations.
- After that, determine the time duration of each slide through 'seconds to spend on each slide' and click the 'Create Video' button.
- On the 'Save As' window, set output directory and name output file, choose WMV or MP4 in the 'Save as Type', and finally click the 'Save' button to start creating video with PowerPoint 2010 from your PowerPoint presentations.
- Windows Media files (.wmv,.wma) aren't supported on PowerPoint 2016 for Mac or PowerPoint for Microsoft 365 for Mac. There are a number of 3rd party tools for Mac that can convert your.wmv or.wma file to one of the supported formats listed above.
- Select Create a Video in Windows or Save as Movie in the Mac OS. Proceed to the conversion process and wait for the output video to be created. It’s great to have this feature included in PowerPoint itself, but we experienced that the timings of slide transitions in a video converted this way may be off.
If you want to save PowerPoint 2010 as video on Mac, Microsoft has already released its Office suite for Mac. You could use the PowerPoint for Mac app to save PowerPoint 2010 to video files. The operation should be mostly similar to that of Windows.
Meanwhile, it should be noted that only Power 2010 and later versions could save PowerPoint 2010 to video, and in MP4/WMV format only. You need to find other solutions if you want to export PPTX to AVI, share PowerPoint to YouTube or other formats than MP4 and WMV.
Part 2: Save PowerPoint 2010 to Video with Keynote on Mac
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For Mac users, there is another wonderful tool to help save PowerPoint 2010 to video. That's Keynote, though you could only export PowerPoint to video in QuickTime supported formats like MOV. The below steps would show you how to use Keynote to convert PowerPoint to video on Mac.
- Launch Keynote. Open the File menu, choose 'Open' option, and then browse and add your PowerPoint 2010 presentation or other PowerPoint file.
- Once your PowerPoint 2010 presentation is loaded, it will be translated into Keynote format.
- You could then make further editing within Keynote upon your PowerPoint presentation.
- Select the File drop down menu.
- Choose Export To..
- Then select QuickTime.
- Adjust the settings to fit your preferences.
- Select Next.
Note:
- If any features of the original document failed to translate correctly, Keynote presents a warning to alert you to conversion problems. Click on the 'Review' button to examine the error details or the 'Don't Review' button to proceed directly to the document.
- You could add a voiceover on your Presentation.
With Keynote, you could even try to add a voice to PowerPoint presentations. The procedure of saving PowerPoint to video in Keynote with voiceover is quite similar to the above one.
Part 3: Convert PowerPoint 2010 to Video via PPT to Video Converter
There are several drawbacks of using PowerPoint and Keynote to convert PowerPoint 2010 to video, including: limited output video format, loss of original PowerPoint element, lack of batch PowerPoint to video conversion, etc. Therefore, 3rd-party PowerPoint 2010 converter apps have been developed to have advantages of PowerPoint and Keynote, and at the same time get rid of their disadvantages.
Leawo PowerPoint to Video Pro is one of the best PowerPoint to video converter software that could help you easily convert and save PowerPoint 2010 to video in 180+ formats like FLV, MOV, MKV, MP4, WMV, AVI, etc. It could retain all elements in your PowerPoint 2010 presentations. With this PowerPoint 2010 converter, you could freely view PowerPoint files on any media player like iPad, iPhone, Android smartphones and tablets, etc. in video.
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How to Convert PowerPoint 2010 to Video with Leawo PowerPoint to Video Pro:
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Step 1: Import PowerPoint 2010 presentations
Click the 'Add' button to browse and add source PowerPoint 2010 presentations into this PowerPoint 2010 converter. You could add multiple PowerPoint files at one time for batch conversion.
Step 2: Set output format
Open the drop-down 'Profile' box to select output format. You could select from 'Common Video' group, or select preset device video format as output format according to your needs. After that, click the 'Output' box to set output directory.
Step 3: Adjust video and audio parameters
(Optional) Advanced users could click the 'Settings' button next to the drop-down 'Profile' box to adjust video codec, bit rate, video size, aspect ratio, frame rate, audio codec, channel, etc. according to your target media player or device.
Step 4: Edit PowerPoint presentation files
(Optional) Leawo PowerPoint to Video Pro enables you to edit PowerPoint presentations before saving PowerPoint as video. Click the 'Customize' button to set transition time, add background music, adjust audio effect, change aspect ratio, apply watermark, etc. You could add your own signature here.
Step 5: Convert PowerPoint 2010 to video
Finally, click the 'Convert' button at the bottom right corner to start converting PowerPoint 2010 to video within Leawo PowerPoint to Video Pro. When the conversion is finished, you could then transfer the converted PowerPoint 2010 presentations to any device for playback or share online.
Demo Video - How to Convert PowerPoint 2010 to Video with Leawo PowerPoint to Video Pro
If you are using Zoom to meet with others who are working remotely, you may not realize that you have six choices when it comes to how you will present your PowerPoint slides to the group (I added two options I discovered after the article was first published). In this article I will share more details on these six options and you will get a link to that option in my video that shows you what your audience will see. In this article I am using the Zoom app in Windows 10. The six options are:
- Share your entire screen/desktop
- Share the Slide Show window
- Share the editing window with a clean look
- Run the Slide Show in a window and share that window
- Use Presenter View to show the audience your slides while you see Presenter View
- Present with your video beside your PowerPoint slides
Option 1: Share your entire screen/desktop
This is the default method that most people choose because it is the closest to what we would do if we were in a meeting room with the participants sitting around the table. In Zoom, you choose the sharing option called Screen. The audience sees everything that is on your screen, so if PowerPoint is not full screen, they will see any wallpaper you have and any other open applications with potentially confidential information displayed. They will not see the Teams controls at the top of the screen as those are always hidden from the audience when sharing your screen or a window.
You start your slide show in PowerPoint and all features will work, including animations and transitions. You can use a presentation remote to advance through your slides or use the arrow keys. Even though the slides take up the whole screen, you can still access the Zoom controls by moving your mouse to the top of the screen and selecting the controls you want. If you are concerned that you may miss any chat or questions from the audience, click on the Chat option in the Zoom controls and the chat window will be shown on top of your slides without the audience seeing it. Be careful as seeing comments in the chat window may distract you from your presentation.
Option 2: Share the Slide Show window
Because Zoom allows you to share any window that is open on your computer, another option you have is to share the window that has the Slide Show in it. Before you start sharing in Zoom, start the Slide Show in PowerPoint. This will display the slides on the entire screen. Use Alt+Tab to go back to the Zoom window. In the Zoom sharing options, choose the window that is displaying the slide show (make sure you select the slide show window, not the PowerPoint regular window).
Again, since you are using full PowerPoint, all features work and this is similar to presenting before an audience in a meeting room. Because you are only sharing a window, the audience won’t see anything else on your screen. Even though the slides take up the whole screen, you can still access the Zoom controls by moving your mouse to the top of the screen and selecting the controls you want.
Option 3: Share the editing window with a clean look
The first two options don’t allow you to see any other documents or notes that you may have on your screen because the slides cover the entire screen. If you don’t need any animation or transition features and are comfortable with the audience seeing the edit view of PowerPoint, you can choose to use a view that minimizes the PowerPoint interface so the slide is the focus.
In the normal editing view, minimize the slide thumbnails by dragging the vertical divider all the way to the left until it just shows the text indicating that thumbnails are available. Drag the horizontal divider at the bottom of the slide down to hide any notes that are below the slides. Third, collapse the ribbon by clicking on the collapse indicator (an upward arrow head) in the lower right corner of any ribbon. Finally, maximize the size of the slide in the editing window if it did not automatically resize itself. Now your slide is large in the editing window and PowerPoint has a cleaner look than the normal editing view.
In the Zoom sharing options, choose the window for this PowerPoint presentation. When you move through the slides, you are not using Slide Show mode so there are none of the animation or transition features available. Any embedded media will not run automatically and must be manually played. You can move through the slides using the down and up arrow keys or the PageDown and PageUp keys.
This is not as clean as Slide Show mode, but it allows you to see other open documents on your screen without the audience seeing them. You can still see and access the Zoom controls by moving your mouse to the top of the screen.
Option 4: Run the Slide Show in a window and share that window
Many presenters are not aware that PowerPoint has the option to run a slide show within the window it is in without taking up the entire screen. PowerPoint refers to this as the “Browsed by an individual” mode or Reading View. To use this mode, on the Slide Show ribbon, click on the Set Up Slide Show button. In the dialog box, in the Show type section in the to left corner, change the option by clicking on the radio button for “Browsed by an individual”. Click the OK button to save the change and exit the dialog box. Now whenever you enter Slide Show mode, the slides are run just in this PowerPoint window, not the full screen. You can change this back to the default of “Presented by a speaker” after the meeting is done.
Update Aug 11 2020: A recent Zoom update seems to have changed the order you need to do the steps. First start the Slide Show mode in PowerPoint. You will see the slide show with some additional controls at the top and bottom of the window and possibly black bars on the top/bottom or left/right depending on the size of the window relative to the size of the slides. This is a slightly different look for the audience if they are used to the full screen version of Slide Show mode. Then, in the Zoom sharing options, choose the window for this PowerPoint presentation. If you share the PowerPoint window first before entering Slide Show mode it confuses Zoom and it will stop sharing the window.
Because this is Slide Show mode, all animations and transitions work as expected. What is different than the full screen Slide Show mode is that the laser pointer, inking, and some other features are not available. Since you are only sharing this window, the audience does not see any other documents you may have open on the screen. You can still see and access the Zoom controls by moving your mouse to the top of the screen. This allows you to keep up with any chat discussion while presenting.
Since this option is only sharing one window, it uses less bandwidth than sharing a full screen which may help users on lower speed connections have a better experience with less lags or distortion. This option may give you the best combination of PowerPoint features and presenter controls and options.
Option 5: Use Presenter View to show the audience your slides while you see Presenter View
If you prefer to use Presenter View to see your speaking notes while the audience only sees your slides, I have instructions for using Presenter View in Zoom with 1 or 2 screens and in Windows or on a Mac in my Complete Guide to using PowerPoint Presenter View in Zoom.
Option 6: Present with your video beside your PowerPoint slides
You can present in a Microsoft Teams or Zoom meeting with your video beside your PowerPoint slides so your facial expressions can be easily seen along with the slides. The idea is to arrange our video and slides on our desktop and share the entire screen, so we control the size of both the video and the slides. This does not require you to install any software and uses the built-in features of the operating system and PowerPoint. For Windows 10 I explain the detailed steps in this article and show you how this is done in this video. For a Mac I explain the detailed steps in this article.
Conclusion
In my opinion, Option 4, sharing a window that is running the slide show in it, is perhaps the best option because it combines the features of slide show with the control that a remote presentation needs.
(Get more articles on using Zoom effectively here)
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Dave Paradi has over twenty years of experience delivering customized training workshops to help business professionals improve their presentations. He has written nine books and over 100 articles on the topic of effective presentations and his ideas have appeared in publications around the world. His focus is on helping corporate professionals visually communicate the messages in their data so they don’t overwhelm and confuse executives. Dave is one of less than ten people in North America recognized by Microsoft with the Most Valuable Professional Award for his contributions to the Excel and PowerPoint communities. He regularly presents highly rated sessions at national and regional conferences of financial professionals.