# Method for converting Powerpoint

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [May 2, 2017, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/method-for-converting-powerpoint/785689 "2017-05-02T01:46:16Z")\
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**Author:** ![anomalous1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e56c9b/32.png) [@anomalous1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anomalous1)\
**Post date:** [May 2, 2017, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/method-for-converting-powerpoint/785689/1 "2017-05-02T01:46:16Z")

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Does anyone have a method they have used to convert a powerpoint into a video? A video capable of being uploaded to youtube or something similar? I see this all the time (power points that are videos) and its a big gap in my knowledge in computers, I can set up a network in a snap, but never did this.

Any assistance would be appreciated!

Thanks!

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**Author:** ![anomalous1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e56c9b/32.png) [@anomalous1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anomalous1)\
**Post date:** [May 2, 2017, 2:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/method-for-converting-powerpoint/785689/2 "2017-05-02T02:19:31Z")

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Nvm, figured it out, needed to convert it to another format other than the default ones, and I found a decent converter for that. MODS can delete this! It just wasting space.

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**Author:** ![Reply](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/reply/32/15952_2.png) [@Reply](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reply)\
**Post date:** [May 2, 2017, 2:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/method-for-converting-powerpoint/785689/3 "2017-05-02T02:43:04Z")

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Before you delete it or waste time on third party utilities, you should know that Powerpoint has this functionality built in:

> **[Turn your presentation into a video - Microsoft Support](https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/office/turn-your-presentation-into-a-video-c140551f-cb37-4818-b5d4-3e30815c3e83?redirectSourcePath=%252fen-us%252farticle%252fSave-a-presentation-as-a-video-fafb9713-14cd-4013-bcc7-0879e6b7e6ce)**
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> How to convert a PowerPoint presentation into a video, including narration, animation, and more.

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**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\
**Post date:** [May 2, 2017, 9:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/method-for-converting-powerpoint/785689/4 "2017-05-02T09:24:11Z")

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> [@Reply](#):
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> Before you delete it or waste time on third party utilities, you should know that Powerpoint has this functionality built in:  
> [Turn your presentation into a video - Microsoft Support](https://support.office.com/en-us/article/Save-a-presentation-as-a-video-fafb9713-14cd-4013-bcc7-0879e6b7e6ce?ui=en-US&rs=en-US&ad=US)

Yup - it’s sometimes useful to run the ‘rehearse timings’ function before exporting as a video, if you want things to reveal in anything other than the default timing.

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**Author:** ![anomalous1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e56c9b/32.png) [@anomalous1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anomalous1)\
**Post date:** [May 3, 2017, 4:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/method-for-converting-powerpoint/785689/5 "2017-05-03T04:56:19Z")

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also very helpful tips, thank you!