Can you burn an auto-run slideshow to a DVD?

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We are creating an 8th grade slide show in Powerpoint and would like to be able to burn it onto DVD's so that the students can purchase them as a 'living yearbook'. Is there a way that this can be done? We need to burn it so that when the DVD is played on a general DVD player (connected to a t.v.) the slideshow goes right into 'play' mode. Hopefully someone can help.
 
Start with the info at
http://www.powerpointbackgrounds.com/powerpoint-to-dvd.htm.
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Maggie said:
We are creating an 8th grade slide show in Powerpoint and would like to be
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able to burn it onto DVD's so that the students can purchase them as a
'living yearbook'. Is there a way that this can be done? We need to burn
it so that when the DVD is played on a general DVD player (connected to a
t.v.) the slideshow goes right into 'play' mode. Hopefully someone can
help.
 
Maggie,
Convert presentations to VHS or DVD video
http://www.rdpslides.com/pptfaq/FAQ00156.htm

cheers
TAJ Simmons
microsoft powerpoint mvp

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We are creating an 8th grade slide show in Powerpoint and would like to be able to burn it onto DVD's so that the
Click to expand...
students can purchase them as a 'living yearbook'. Is there a way that this can be done? We need to burn it so that
when the DVD is played on a general DVD player (connected to a t.v.) the slideshow goes right into 'play' mode.
Hopefully someone can help.
 
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Hello,

PowerPoint does not have the built-in ability to save presentations as
video files or other video formats such as DVD-Video and, even if it did,
there would be significant loss of interactivity (because DVD-Video and
PowerPoint slide show have very different capabilities in this area) and
loss of visual fidelity (DVD-Video resolution is less than typical computer
display resolution and most television will not render colors the same way
that a computer display will).

If it is important to you (or to anyone else reading this message) that
PowerPoint have the ability save presentations directly to DVD-Video (even
with unavoidable loss of some interactivity capabilities), or if there are
specific features of PowerPoint slide show distribution that you would like
to see (which might eliminate the need to save presentations as DVD-Video),
don't forget to send your feedback (in YOUR OWN WORDS, please) to Microsoft
at:

http://register.microsoft.com/mswish/suggestion.asp

As with all product suggestions, it's important that you not just state
your wish but also WHY it is important to you that your product suggestion
be implemented by Microsoft.

* Is there some problem with PowerPoint's current output options for which
you believe DVD-Video output is the solution/workaround?
* You want to distribute/show your presentation on DVD-Players (even though
there will be loss of functionality) because....<why>?
* Other reasons?

It's VERY important that, for EACH wish, you describe in detail, WHY it is
important TO YOU that your product suggestion be implemented. A good wish
submssion includes WHAT scenario, work-flow, or end-result is blocked by
not having a specific feature, HOW MUCH time and effort ($$$) is spent
working around a specific limitation of the current product, etc. Remember
that Microsoft receives THOUSANDS of product suggestions every day and we
read each one but, in any given product development cycle, there are ONLY
sufficient resources to address the ones that are MOST IMPORTANT to our
customers so take the extra time to state your case as CLEARLY and
COMPLETELY as possible so that we can FEEL YOUR PAIN.

IMPORTANT: Each submission should be a single suggestion (not a list of
suggestions).

John Langhans
Microsoft Corporation
Supportability Program Manager
Microsoft Office PowerPoint for Windows
Microsoft Office Picture Manager for Windows

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