self-contained ppt movie with sound on Mac with PPT2008

[lindax]

Version: 2008
Operating System: Mac OS X 10.5 (Leopard)
Processor: intel

I cannot get the sound to play in a ppt movie saved as a quicktime movie.

The sounds are attached as separate media elements on each slide.

I can get EITHER the sound, with no slides. Or, the slides with no sound.

HELP!

/deskhead

 

[Jim Gordon MVP]

Version: 2008
Operating System: Mac OS X 10.5 (Leopard)
Processor: intel

I cannot get the sound to play in a ppt movie saved as a quicktime movie.

The sounds are attached as separate media elements on each slide.

I can get EITHER the sound, with no slides. Or, the slides with no sound.

HELP!

/deskhead

Hi,

Use PowerPoint's File > Save As > PowerPoint Package feature to create
a folder that contains the presentation and all of the appropriate
linked files.

Does that fix things up?

-Jim

 

[lindax]

Thanks, but nah, I did that. I'm hoping to be able to export something like a .mov or a ppt show that runs on its own without all the files inside the folder. You know, one stop. Right now I have the folder solution. Just was thinking this ought to be within the realm of the possible. I even looked at an iMovie import of separate jpg slides and the sound files. The slides looked awful, very fuzzy.

Guess not yet. Thanks for the help though :eyeroll:

 

[Jim Gordon MVP]

Thanks, but nah, I did that. I'm hoping to be able to export something like a .mov or a ppt show that runs on its own without all the files inside the folder. You know, one stop. Right now I have the folder solution. Just was thinking this ought to be within the realm of the possible. I even looked at an iMovie import of separate jpg slides and the sound files. The slides looked awful, very fuzzy.

Guess not yet. Thanks for the help though :eyeroll:

Hi,

Then you probably already checked out File > Make Movie, right?

What's really needed here is a reliable way to save a presentation in a
file format that plays all the content - movies, sounds, narrations, etc
in a way so that you don't need PowerPoint.

This is high on my "wish list" for PowerPoint. I've let the Microsoft
folks know about my wish by sending feedback using PowerPoint's Help
menu (send Feedback).

Meanwhile, there's a product called Impatica that does a very nice job
of saving a presentation as a Flash file.
http://www.impatica.com/

-Jim

 

[Mickey Stevens]

You could try using a screen capture utility like Snapz Pro
<http://www.ambrosiasw.com/utilities/snapzprox/> to make a
QuickTime movie that looks exactly like the presentation appears when you
play it in PowerPoint. MVP Geetesh Bajaj gives some notes on his experience
here:
<http://www.indezine.com/products/powerpoint/mac/snapzpromovies.html>

 

[Jerry Murley]

I don't understand why Microsoft can't master this problem. I have yet to find Windows Powerpoint 2007 export narrated slideshows reliably as HTML.

It would be very beneficial, and one would think simple, to export the slides and the embedded narration to a QuickTime movie. Keynotes can export to Flash SWF files reliably from PPTX files created in Powerpoint 2007 for Windows and saved a PPT 2003.

I am surprised that this has not been addressed by 2008. As an educator, this is high on my wish list as well. Thanks.

 

[Jim Gordon MVP]

I don't understand why Microsoft can't master this problem. I have yet to find Windows Powerpoint 2007 export narrated slideshows reliably as HTML.

It would be very beneficial, and one would think simple, to export the slides and the embedded narration to a QuickTime movie. Keynotes can export to Flash SWF files reliably from PPTX files created in Powerpoint 2007 for Windows and saved a PPT 2003.

I am surprised that this has not been addressed by 2008. As an educator, this is high on my wish list as well. Thanks.

Hi Jerry,

I'm not sure who your audience is and what distribution method you are
attempting to use.

PowerPoint 2007 and PowerPoint 2008 both have the ability to save as
PowerPoint package (.pps), which you can zip and put into your CMS where
it will play in your course web site.

To create a PowerPoint package in PowerPoint 2007, click the round
office decoration in the upper left corner, choose Publish, then Package
for CD. Use the older 97 through 2008 option if it is offered. If it
doesn't offer the older format to you, publish in the pptx format, then
open the resulting pptx and Save As ppt.

To create a PowerPoint package in PowerPoint 2004 or 2008, use File >
Save As > PowerPoint Package.

In either case above, you may have to manually change the last letter of
the file extension from a t (ppt) to an s (pps) to make course
management web sites happy.

Both PowerPoint versions also have Save As web page options that allow
you to create a mini web site to upload to any web server. Realize that
HTML is not a robust programming language and is not capable of
rendering a slide show the way PowerPoint can. HTML relies on helper
applications (add-ons) such as Adobe Flash, Apple Quicktime, Adobe Air,
and Microsoft Silverlight to provide functionality that HTML does not
have.

Mac PowerPoint 2004 can reliably save a PowerPoint presentation as a
QuickTime movie (File > Make Movie). Some custom animations will be
substituted, but narrations do play. Mac PowerPoint 2008 also has File >
Make Movie, but is not able to render any custom animations.

After poking around Adobe's web site I've concluded that Adobe does not
want third parties making software that saves in SWF. There does not
seem to be an easy way to license their stuff without spending lots of
money. I think this is a primary reason why Microsoft decided to create
Silverlight, a higher quality competitive product to Flash, and it
doesn't need a wheelbarrow full of cash to use.
http://www.microsoft.com/silverlight/

Another popular option is to use Impatica. Impatica does an excellent
job at creating a full fidelity small file from PowerPoint. These are
particularly good for distribution via CMS systems. It's worth the price
and they offer substantial discounts for education use.
http://www.impatica.com/imp4ppt/

I'm glad you are doing some research, and hope this explanation is
helpful to you.

-Jim

--
Jim Gordon
Mac MVP

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