Microsoft PowerPoint has dramatically changed the way in which
academic and business presentations are made. Suppose you need
to create PowerPoint DVDs, aside from being very popular, the
most common reasons that users want to burn PowerPoint slides to
DVD are usability, portability, and storage. Since DVD is fast
becoming the preferred video format for all kinds of consumer
applications, as well as computer peripherals, saving ppts to
DVD makes good sense for storing and sharing them with others.
PC-created DVDs can be shown on other PCs that support DVD or on
consumer DVD players. (and, of course, create some for your own
archiving and enjoyment).
Here I recommend presenters to use the PowerPoint DVD authoring
and burning software. What I mean by this is that instead of
simply packing their presentation to a CD or DVD and thereby
needing to transfer or install it to another laptop in an
emergency, burn a true DVD movie disc with most of your content
and narration record, so that your boss or your friends can show
it on a standard DVD player or leave it behind for a client or
audience after the show. The DVD movie disc can include an
interactive menu linked to any video you want to present, and
after you output your PowerPoint slides as still images (File >
Save As and change the file type to BMP, JPG or TIF), you can
import these into the DVD as slideshows. And with DVD/VCD, you
can attach music and narration to accompany your slides show,
which will really add to the ambience. A disc burned correctly
like that in a DVD burner will play through most consumer DVD
drives and is easy to set up connected to a computer monitor or
even a large-screen TV. Many programs will enable you to create
and burn such a PowerPoint DVD disc. At the low end there's
ProDVD's PowerPoint DVD Maker. If you want a more practical
tool, I recommend Wondershare PPT2DVD(http://www.ppt-to-dvd.com)
About the author:
Lisa Janice, teaches, trains and consults on business and
professional presentations and eCommerce related matters.
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