How to Convert Presentation to Video with PowerPoint 2016-2010

Roy Ulerio
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Would like to convert your PowerPoint presentation to a video file? Here is a tutorial on how to convert PowerPoint file (PPT/PPTX) into AVI, MPEG, MPG video which can be played back on any media player, just in several minutes without any software! So you have 3 options for converting your presentation into a video that's ready to view.

Option 1: Export Your Presentation to a video file in PowerPoint

Microsoft PowerPoint has a feature that allows users to export and save PowerPoint as a WMV or MP4 format video.

Step 1: Open your PPTX file in PowerPoint. Choose File > Export, then click Create a Video.

Create a video

Step 2: In the File name box, enter a file name for the video, and then click Save.

Convert pptx to mp4

That's it. To play your newly-created video, go to the designated folder location, and then double-click the file.

Option 2: Save Your PowerPoint Presentation as a PowerPoint Show

Save as PPSX format, and when someone opens the file, it is displayed in full screen on the slide for immediate viewing.

Step 1: On the File menu, select Save As.

Step 2: Choose the folder location where you want to store your PowerPoint Show file.

Save as a PowerPoint Show

Step 3: In the Save as type box, choose PowerPoint Show (*.ppsx).

Save as ppsx

Option 3: Convert PPTX to MP4 Online

If your computer does not have Microsoft PowerPoint installed, you can use a PPTX to MP4 converter to convert PPTX to MP4 online for free.

Step 1: Open this free online PPTX to video converter page.

Step 2: Click the Select a file button to browse and add source PPTX file.

Step 3: After adding source PPTX file, you could view the PPTX file size and name. Set output video quality under the Quality, select output video format(.mp4) and determine the video size(resolution) on the right.

Step 4: After settings, click the "Convert" button on this page.

Convert PPTX to MP4 online

Step 5: After converting, you could download the converted PPTX files (now in MP4 format) to your computer.

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