Ronni Thank you so much for this advice.
I have the latest version of MS for Mac 2011 and also Parallels; however I decided to open the PowerPoint slide show in Keynote. I only had a half hour or so this afternoon to play around with this. Things did not open quite as expected - > 3. Playback Uses: Recorded Timing (If you wish to keep the same settings as > original) > I normally change these settings to ‘Fixed Timing' to fit my slide durations > etc … probably best if you leave the setting as is though. No option to choose "Fixed Timing". No option to "enter full screen mode when opened". No option to: Select - > > Formats: Full Quality, Large > Audio: select - Include audio (sound files, movie audio) > Include the slideshow soundtrack > Include the slideshow recording Tomorrow I will start from the beginning by downloading the slideshow again and following your steps. I will let you know how it all goes - I am sure it will be fine. Thank you again Ronni, have a nice evening. Nearly time for a glass of red! Peta On 26/09/2011, at 10:15 AM, Ronda Brown wrote: > > On 25/09/2011, at 6:05 PM, peta wrote: > >> Hi - this is possibly way off the subject matter, but reading the links >> today re youtube music catcher jogged my memory. >> >> Someone sent to me a PowerPoint slide presentation, which is very topical >> for me and my family. I would like to convert this (if possible) to a movie >> so I can play it through my Apple TV. >> >> Has anyone tried to do this? Or is it not possible? >> >> Thanking anyone who would be able to help me with this. > > Hi Peta, > > I’m ‘guessing’ you are using Keynote’09 to open the PowerPoint Slide > Presentation? > > If so you can export the slide presentation to Quicktime movie format H264 > which Apple TV ’should’ be able to play. > (I don’t have Apple TV so cannot test this out for you). I have exported > numerous Keynote Slide Presentations of my own to Quicktime .mov and then > created DVDs of them using iDVD for viewing on TV screens. > > 1. Open the PowerPoint Slide Presentation in Keynote > 2. Go to ’Share’ > Export To Quicktime > 3. Playback Uses: Recorded Timing (If you wish to keep the same settings as > original) > I normally change these settings to ‘Fixed Timing' to fit my slide durations > etc … probably best if you leave the setting as is though. > > Select: ‘Enter full screen mode when opened' > > Formats: Full Quality, Large > Audio: select - Include audio (sound files, movie audio) > Include the slideshow soundtrack > Include the slideshow recording > 4. Click ’Next’ > 5. Save As: Name.mov > Choose a Location for the saved .mov: Desktop > > 6. Click ’Export’ > Your Keynote Slide Presentation will be converted and exported to the > location you selected. > 7. Quit Keynote > Choose whether you wish to save the changes you have made or not. > > Cheers, > Ronni > > 17" MacBook Pro 2.3GHz Quad-Core i7 “Thunderbolt" > 2.3GHz / 8GB / 750GB @ 7200rpm HD > > OS X 10.6.8 Snow Leopard > OS X 10.7 Lion > Windows 7 Ultimate (under sufferance) > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- > Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> > Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> > Settings & Unsubscribe - > <http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug> -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> Settings & Unsubscribe - <http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug>
