Now that you describe what you did, Dale, I think that's what I did - used my Mac, and used iMovie and iDVD. Made it easy. Sorry I can't be of more help - Gloria On May 2, 2010, at 10:04 AM, dale smith wrote: > I did some work on this recently. Searching the web, I found there > are some > add-ons for power point. Most sites suggested using screen capture. > > I use both Mac and Pc. This task was easy to complete using the Mac. > As all > the need utilites are part of the operating system and I have MS > Office for > Mac. > > First I found MS office for Mac has an option to record power point to > video. Power point wanted to use an older version of Quicktime. That > ended > that idea. > > Next I used screen capture. Set power point to display full screen. > Waited > for a time when the house was quiet, so I could use the built in mic > to > capture the sound. Sound can also be captured using a jumper from the > speaker to mic jacks. > > I was very happy with the results. Used Imovie to edit the captured > video > and Idvd to burn the project to DVD. > > All this can be done with the right software on a PC. You might be > able to > set Movie Maker to capture the sound using your external mic or a > jumper > from speaker to mic jacks. > > Best of luck, > Dale > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <rootsweb-help-request@rootsweb.com> > To: <rootsweb-help@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Sunday, May 02, 2010 1:01 AM > Subject: ROOTSWEB-HELP Digest, Vol 5, Issue 46 > > >> >> >> Today's Topics: >> >> 1. PowerPoint to DVD conversion (finleyc@sonoma.edu) >> 2. Re: PowerPoint to DVD conversion (Gloria Lane) >> >> >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >> >> Message: 1 >> Date: Sat, 1 May 2010 08:21:40 -0700 (PDT) >> From: finleyc@sonoma.edu >> Subject: [ROOTSWEB-HELP] PowerPoint to DVD conversion >> To: rootsweb-help@rootsweb.com >> Message-ID: >> <49320.76.126.146.153.1272727300.squirrel@webmail.sonoma.edu> >> Content-Type: text/plain;charset=iso-8859-1 >> >> Has anyone on this list had any experience converting PowerPoint, >> with >> narration, to DVD? >> >> I tried importing PowerPoint into Windows Live Movie Maker, but the >> sound >> does not import (I have windows 7). >> >> Is there another way to do it? I know there are some converter >> packages >> which are a little pricey and I don't mind that if I know it will >> really >> work. >> >> Any recommendations would be appreciated. >> >> Carmen Finley >> Santa Rosa, CA >> >> >> >> ------------------------------ >> >> Message: 2 >> Date: Sat, 1 May 2010 16:29:56 -0500 >> From: Gloria Lane <gblane@aristotle.net> >> Subject: Re: [ROOTSWEB-HELP] PowerPoint to DVD conversion >> To: "rootsweb-help@rootsweb.com" <rootsweb-help@rootsweb.com> >> Message-ID: <7445ACD2-A36B-4CF4-B16D-F2F2069E471C@aristotle.net> >> Content-Type: text/plain;charset=us-ascii;format=flowed;delsp=yes >> >> I've done that successfully but can't remember how. I used was >> either >> a Mac or a Win XP machine. Will look when I get home. >> >> Gloria >> >> Sent from my iPhone >> >> On May 1, 2010, at 10:21 AM, finleyc@sonoma.edu wrote: >> >>> Has anyone on this list had any experience converting PowerPoint, >>> with >>> narration, to DVD? >>> >>> I tried importing PowerPoint into Windows Live Movie Maker, but the >>> sound >>> does not import (I have windows 7). >>> >>> Is there another way to do it? I know there are some converter >>> packages >>> which are a little pricey and I don't mind that if I know it will >>> really >>> work. >>> >>> Any recommendations would be appreciated. >>> >>> Carmen Finley >>> Santa Rosa, CA >>> >>> >>> ------------------------------- >>> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >>> ROOTSWEB-HELP-request@rootsweb.com >>> with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and >>> the body of the message >> >> >> ------------------------------ >> >> To contact the ROOTSWEB-HELP list administrator, send an email to >> ROOTSWEB-HELP-admin@rootsweb.com. >> >> To post a message to the ROOTSWEB-HELP mailing list, send an email to >> ROOTSWEB-HELP@rootsweb.com. >> >> __________________________________________________________ >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> ROOTSWEB-HELP-request@rootsweb.com >> with the word "unsubscribe" without the quotes in the subject and >> the body >> of the >> email with no additional text. >> >> >> End of ROOTSWEB-HELP Digest, Vol 5, Issue 46 >> ******************************************** >> > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ROOTSWEB-HELP-request@rootsweb.com > with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and > the body of the message