How to Save PowerPoint as Video Using Windows Movie Maker

Creating movies from pictures and photos is a breeze using Windows Movie Maker. If you have some trouble with PowerPoint because of different versions, portable devices or video sharing websites like YouTube. You should have been told to save PowerPoint as video. Once you have saved your PowerPoint slides as images, Windows Movie Maker can help you to create a movie with title or credits, background music, animations and transitions.

Before we begin, make sure you have Windows Movie Maker installed on your computer. If not, get Windows Movie Maker here @Microsoft.

Saving PowerPoint slides as images:

Since Windows Movie Maker support video, audio and pictures as input files, we need to save PowerPoint slides as images first so that we can “import” PowerPoint to Windows Movie Maker.

Step 1: Open your PowerPoint file, and click “File” → “Save As”.

Step 2: In the pop up “Save As” dialog, on the “Save as Type” option, choose one image format. There are 6 image formats you can choose: GIF, JPEG, PNG, TIF, BMP, and EMF. Any one format would be ok. Then click “Save“.

Step 3: A prompt will pop up and choose “Every slide” so that you can save all PowerPoint slides as images at one time.

Importing PowerPoint images to Windows Movie Maker:

Now you can import all the PowerPoint images, edit them and create a beautiful video.

Run Windows Movie Maker, and under the “Capture Video” menu, click “Import pictures” to import the generated PowerPoint images on your computer.

Notes:

The disadvantage is that it cannot keep the dynamic effects like animations, transitions, music and video clips in original PowerPoint presentation.

In order to save PowerPoint as video while keep all original PowerPoint elements and effects, you can use third party tool – Moyea PPT to Video Converter. It helps you to convert PPT, PPTX, PPS, PPSX, etc. to popular video formats like WMV, AVI, MP4, FLV, 3GP, VOB, MOV, MKV, etc. with powerful functions and at super-high speed. You are allowed to set video output settings including video/audio codec, quality, video size, bit rate, frame rate, etc. for your specific needs.

20 End of the Year and New Year Quotes to Ring 2012

New Year is a wonderful occasion when we welcome something new in our lives and at the same time get over all the bad memories in the past 12 months. If the invitations, decorations, food, drinks, gift, greeting cards and toasts all sound too familiar to you, it’s time for you to try out a totally new way to say goodbye to last year and embrace a New Year. End of the year and New Year quotes are here to help you welcome the New Year with new hopes, new opportunities and new possibilities. Wish New Year brings you happiness, health and all that you wish for!

End of the Year and New Year Quotes:

• 1. An optimist stays up until midnight to see the New Year in. A pessimist stays up to make sure the old year leaves. – by Bill Vaughn
• 2. Another fresh new year is here… Another year to live! To banish worry, doubt, and fear, to love and laugh and give! – by William Arthur Ward
• 3. Be always at war with your vices, at peace with your neighbors, and let each New Year find you a better man. – Benjamin Franklin
• 4. What is the funniest thing people do on 1st January? They make resolutions. – by Pearl Aman
• 5. Little keys open big locks
  Simple words reflect great thoughts
  Your smile can cure heart blocks
  So keep on smiling it rocks.
  Happy New Year 2011
  – Unknown

• 6. Cheers to a new year and another chance for us to get it right. – by Oprah Winfrey
• 7. Many people look forward to the New Year for a new start on old habits. – Unknown
• 8. Happiness keeps you sweet, trials make you strong, sorrows make you humble, success keeps you glowing & God keeps you going. May you have a wishful year! – Unknown
• 9. Do your best and forget the rest. – by Tony Horton
• 10. If training is hard, then winning will be easy, but if training is easy, then winning will be hard. – by Norman Harris
• 11. It wouldn’t be New Year’s if I didn’t have regrets. – by William Thomas
• 12. The New Year begins in a snow-storm of white vows. – by George William Curtis
• 13. On this New Year, be someone you yourself can admire. – by Pearl Aman
• 14. Another fresh new year is here . . .
  Another year to live!
  To banish worry, doubt, and fear,
  To love and laugh and give!
  This bright New Year is given me
  To live each day with zest. .
  To daily grow and try to be
  My highest and my best!

  I have the opportunity
  Once more to right some wrongs,
  To pray for peace, to plant a tree,
  And sing more joyful songs!””
  – by William Arthur Ward

• 15. New Year’s Day is every man’s birthday. – by Charles Lamb
• 16. The secret for success in life is for a man to be ready for his opportunity when it comes. – by Benjamin Disraeli
• 17. The object of a New Year is not that we should have a new year. It is that we should have a new soul. – by G. K. Chesterton
• 18. The bad news is time flies. The good news is you’re the pilot. – by Michael Altshuler
• 19. May all your troubles last as long as your New Year’s resolutions. – by Joey Adams
• 20. In the New Year, may your right hand always be stretched out in friendship, but never in want. – by Irish toast

30 End of the Year Songs for PowerPoint Background Music

The year 2011 is coming to the end and 2012 is coming in a few days. At the end of the year, it is a meaningful to recall the people you got to know, the things you did, the achievements you got or the lessons you learnt, etc. in last 12 months. If you are going to make a PowerPoint slideshow to summarize this year and look forward to a better new year, here is a collection of 30 end of the year songs for your PowerPoint background music.

End of the Year PowerPoint Background Music

• 1. Dare You To Move – by Swithchfoot
• 2. No Such Thing – by John Mayer
• 3. In My Life – by Beatles
• 4. Friends Are Friends For Ever – by Michael W. Smith
• 5. I Hope You Dance – by LeeAnn Womack
• 6. Long Life – by Taylor Swift
• 7. My Wish – by Rascal Flatts
• 8. With My Own Two Hands – by Jack Johnson and Ben Harper
• 9. Do I Make You Proud – by Taylor Hicks
• 10. I Cross My Heart – by George Strait
• 11. All I Really Need – by Raffi
• 12. The Climb – by Miley Cyrus
• 13. No Day But Today – by Rent
• 14. For Good – by Wicked
• 15. We’re Going To Be Friends – by Jackson Johnson
• 16. Forever Young – by Rod Stewart
• 17. You’ll Be In My Heart – by Phil Collins
• 18. I Will Remember You – by Sarah McLachlan
• 19. Now and Forever – by Carole King
• 20. No Boundaries – by Adam Lambert
• 21. I Believe – by Yolanda Adams
• 22. Whenever You Remember – by Carrie Underwood
• 23. How Far We’ve Come – by Matchbox Twenty
• 24. To Remember – by Josh Kelley
• 25. Days Go By – by Dirty Vegas
• 26. Time Of Your Life – by Green Day
• 27. I Believe I Can Fly – by R. Kelly
• 28. The Graduation Song – by Vitamin C
• 29. Ordinary Miracle – by Sarah Machlachlan
• 30. One Love – by Bob Marley

How to Convert PowerPoint to Video with All Original Effects

People asked how to convert PowerPoint to video when they want to share it on YouTube, Facebook and so on. Or to share the presentation to people who don’t have PowerPoint (or have different versions) installed on their computers. Or to view PowerPoint on portable devices like iPad 2.

When you search on Google, you may find that there are like 7 or 8 methods to convert PowerPoint to video. However, only 2 of them can preserve all the original PowerPoint effects like animations, transitions, music and video clips, etc. Here we are going to guide you step-by-step how to convert PowerPoint (PPT, PPTX, PPS, PPSX, etc.) to video using PowerPoint 2010 and a third party tool – Moyea PPT to Video Converter. Simply follow the steps and learn how to convert PowerPoint to video. We’ll begin with PowerPoint 2010.

Use PowerPoint 2010

PowerPoint 2010 comes with many new features and saving PowerPoint as video is one of them. The following guide will show you the new feature in detail.

Step 1: Open your PowerPoint presentation using PowerPoint 2010.

Step 2: Go to “File” → “Save & Send” and choose “File Types” → “Create a Video” option.

Step 3: Click “Computer & HD Displays” option and you can choose a video size from the 3 default settings: 960 x 720, 640 x 480 and 320 x 240. And if you want to add your voice in the video then you can select “Record Timings and Narrations” option.

Step 4: Now click on “Create Video” button to start saving PowerPoint 2010 to video.

Once your PowerPoint is converted into video you can watch it using any media player.

Notes:

1. PowerPoint 2010 can only save your PowerPoint as WMV video format.

2. Only 3 default video settings are offered in PowerPoint 2010 and you cannot choose the video size as you want.

Use third party tool – Moyea PPT to Video Converter

Step 1: Download and install Moyea PPT to Video Converter on your computer with Windows Operating System.

Step 2: Click the icon to launch the program and click “Add” button to import PowerPoint files. Multiple PowerPoint files (with no number limit) can be converted to videos at one time.

Step 3: After all the selected PowerPoint files are imported, you can preview them on the right. Click “Profile” → choose an output video format from the drop-down list with more than 23 popular video formats.

Step 4: Click “Settings” button and you will be able to adjust the detailed video parameters, like video/audio codec, video size, frame rate, bit rate, etc.

Step 5: After all the settings are done, click the “Start” button to convert PowerPoint to video.

The output PowerPoint videos can be watched on any media players. You can also publish them to YouTube or Facebook, or transfer them to iPad 2 for viewing on the way.

Conclusion

If you are using PowerPoint 2010, you can use the first method to convert PowerPoint to video. But for PowerPoint 2003 & 2007 users, PowerPoint 2010 users who want to save PowerPoint as formats other than WMV or view PowerPoint on portable devices like iPad 2, converting PowerPoint to video using Moyea PPT to Video Converter will be a better choice.

5 Best Tablets as Christmas Gifts for Christmas 2011

Christmas 2011 is almost there; have you get the Christmas gifts ready? If you have tired of sending ordinary Christmas gifts, why not consider giving tablets to your loved ones this Christmas. Tablets are great for people who are always on the go and need to get information or entertainment that are as mobile as them. Tablets can almost do what computers do and are much more convenient.

In 2010, Apple’s iPad has taken the Tablet market by storm, but now more manufactures have entered and offers all kinds of alternatives.

1. Apple iPad 2

Apple iPad 2 is certainly a game changer. The iPad 2 features several improvements over its predecessor, which makes it a cool buy. Just 8.8 mm thin, seventy grams lighter, it features a powerful dual-core A5 processor, two cameras for video calls, and with millions of practical apps and intimate services this Tablet is perfect. If your budget allowed, certainly iPad 2 is a premium Christmas 2011 gift!

Operating System: iOS 4

Screen:9.7-inch; 768×1024

Processor: Dual-core Apple A5 1GHz

Battery: 10 h

Camera Resolution: 5 MP/1MP

Weight: 601g

Memory: Built in 16GB/32GB/64GB

5 Methods to view PowerPoint on iPad 2

2. Asus Transformer Prime

Asus Transformer Prime is the first quad-core tablet and claimed to be the fast tablet for now. It features a 10.1-inche screen, 1GB of RAM, 8MP with LED flash rear/1.2MP front cameras and transforms into a Netbook at the wink of an eye. Just connect it to the Mobile Docking Station, and you are ready to type in your emails and office documents!

Operating System:Android 4.0

Screen: 10.1-inch; 800×1280

Processor: 1.3GHz Quad-core Tegra 3

Battery: 10 h

Camera Resolution: 5 MP/1MP

Weight: 586g

Memory: Built in 32GB/64GB

How to View PowerPoint on Asus Transformer Prime?

3. Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1

The Samsung Galaxy Tab is the only one tablet that gives Apple a shock. It is a nicely sized tablet that offers the flexibility of Android OS, making it a valid alternative to the iPad. It has 3 screen sizes: 7.0-inch, 8.9-inch and 10.1-inch.

Operating System: Android 3.0

Screen: 10.1-inch; 800×1280

Processor: 1GHz Dual-core Tegra 2

Battery: 10 h

Camera Resolution: 8 MP/2MP

Weight: 565g

Memory: Built in 16GB/32GB

How to View PowerPoint on Galaxy Tab 10.1?

4. Nook Tablet

The release of Amazon Kindle Fire is really a big hit to tablet market. It is the first affordable Android tablet with very low price. Later Barnes & Noble released another affordable Nook Tablet too. Both Kindle Fire and Nook Tablet highlight their own online services. The reason why we choose Nook Tablet is that it most free eBooks are in ePub format. Nook Tablet can read it while Kindle Fire not.

Operating System: Android 2.3

Screen:7.0-inch; 600×1024

Processor: 1GHz Dual-core TI OMAP4

Battery: 9 h

Camera Resolution: no

Weight: 400g

Memory: Built in 16GB

How to View PowerPoint on Nook Tablet?

5. Motorola Xoom 2

The new Xoom 2 is 10% lighter and 33% slimmer (8.8mm) than the previous Motorola Xoom. Motorola has managed to make these changes while also upgraded the hardware with 1.2GHz Dual-core Cortex-A9 processor and 10.1-inch high definition screen.

Operating System: Android 3.2

Screen: 10.1-inch; 800×1280

Processor: 1.2GHz Dual-core Cortex-A9

Battery: 10 h

Camera Resolution: 5 MP/1.3MP

Weight: 599g

Memory: Built in 16GB

How to View PowerPoint on Motorola Xoom 2?

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