powerpoint conversion

[sydr]

would like help!
trying to convert powerpoint presentations to cd that will play on vcd player stand a lone

[KingJohn]

If you have AVI's then fine, try here http://www.geocities.com/~webwinds/classes/powerpt.htm#Tips

Lots of links with info

[EricB]

Here are two ways:

Use a screen capture utility like Hypercam and record the Powerpoint presentation. Take the resulting avi file and encode to VCD or SVCD using TMPGENc.

or

Use "Save As" in Powerpoint and save the presentation as a series of bitmaps (bmp). Load the stills into a video editor like ULEAD VideoStudio6 and encode to VCD or SVCD.

I have tried both of these methods and they work BUT keep in mind that text doesn't transfer well from a computer monitor to a TV screen. Your presentation needs to have big print! The Hypercam method is nice if you have a lot of screen movement that you want to preserve. The stills method is quite good but remember, if a slide builds during your presentation (bulleted points appear or pictures appear) you need to create separate slides for each item that appears.