Microsoft has added a cool new feature in Powerpoint 2010 that converts the presentaion to a video file. Now you can convert your presentation to Video file and unloaded to YouTube, without running through another software.

1. Convert Your Presentation into a Video Using PowerPoint 2010
Once you have created a PowerPoint presentation and you are ready to turn it into a video, you can use PowerPoint
2010 to convert your presentation into a video just in few steps. Microsoft has an added functionality in PowerPoint
2010 for the presenters to easily convert their presentation into a Windows Media Video (.wmv) file that can be
distributed using a disc, uploaded to a Website and e-mailed to their friends and family.
Following is a step-by-step guide for converting a presentation into a video file:
Step 1: Open the presentation using Microsoft PowerPoint 2010. Click on the File tab at the top-left corner of the
ribbon.
Step 2: While in the File Menu is open, scroll down to Save & Send option and click it. This will display, all the
options available for saving a file in different format, in the middle panel.
Step 3: To save the presentation as a video file, click on the Create a Video option under File Type category.
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Step 4: In the Create a Video pane on the right panel, click the Computer & HD Displays down arrow. PowerPoint
2010 provides a user the option to save the presentation in one of the following video format:
Mode Description Resolution
Computer & HD To create a high quality video for viewing on a computer monitor, projector or High 960 x 720
Displays Definition (HD) Displays.
Internet and DVD To create a video for uploading to the Web and burning to standard DVD. 640 x 480
Portable Devices To create a low-quality-small-size file for portable devices. 320 x 240
You can choose any of the option listed above that will benefit the most for your presentation.
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2. Step 5: You can have your presentation play based on the timings set for each of slide and you can queue up
recordings and laser points as well. To incorporate all recorded timings, narrations, and laser pointer gestures in the
video file, click on the drop down for Don’t Use Recorded Timings and Narrations.
Select one of the following options:
Option Description
Don’t use Recorded Select this option if the presentation consists of no recorded
Timings & Narrations timings or narrations.
Use Recorded Timings Select this option if the presentation consists of recorded and
and Narrations timed narration and/or pointer movements
Record Timings and To turn on the recording for time narration and pointer
Narrations movements
Preview Timings and To preview the record of the time narration and pointer
Narrations movements
Step 6: The default time spent of each slide is set to 5 seconds. You can
manually adjust the time spent on each slide, by entering the number in the text box
next to Seconds to spend on each slide or click on the up arrow to increase or the down arrow to decrease the duration
(in seconds) for each slide.
Step 7: When you’re ready, click on the Create Video button to start the conversion process. When you click on
the Create Video button, PowerPoint should pop-up the Save As window.
Step 8: In the Save As Window, go to the File name text box, enter the name for your Windows Media Video file,
choose the target location and click on the Save button to save the file. You can continue to use PowerPoint while the
video is being created.
Now that you have the video created, you can easily upload it to a website or distribute using a disk.
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