After we got the Powerpoint complete for my uncle’s mom’s funeral service, we needed to figure out how they were going to play it. Since it had both music and videos, we figured converting it to a video file would be best so they could just pop in the DVD and play it through a projector.
I’ve done this before, but for the life of me, I could not remember, so… what do I do best? Ask Google!
This was an easy one! I kept trying to save it, but I couldn’t find the save as video option so that it would put it into one nice little package for me with everything I needed. But, Google told me I need to Export it… Duh! That totally makes sense now, right?
Always, always, always… click save every few minutes while you are working on a project. The last thing you want to do is work for hours then make a mistake that causes you to lose your entire project. After your Powerpoint looks like you want it to look… Save it! Then.. Export as Video, you can change your requirements, I didn’t want it to go to a CD since I know know if their DVD player will be able to read it from a CD, so I just exported it as a video. Then, I uploaded it to YouTube so they can review it before I burn it to a DVD for them.
I hope this helps you! I’ll definitely refer back to this myself the next time I work on a Powerpoint… I use it so much less now that I’m out of school. I’m sure I’ll have to help my kids with some as they get older. But, I will tell you that I was super shocked to see my 5 year old using a computer with a keyboard and mouse in her Kindergarten class when they were in the library. Kids are so smart and they are definitely way more tech savvy than we were a their ages.