PowerPoint with Sound into iMovie

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PowerPoint with Sound into iMovie

I have Power Point presentations I made with voice over recordings. If I save to QT, I lose the sound. I don't really want to have to record these presentations yet again. (I started with Keynote but the timing was off so I changed to recording with Power Point for Mac). I know how to save the slides and import them to iMovie (save as image) but how do I do that with the sound files? I can't even find the sound files to save them separately.

I used to be able to do this with Windows but when I bring the presentations to my Windows machine and save the way I know how to maintain the sound files, it doesn't save them. I assume that PPT for Mac saves them in a different format than the Windows PPT version. Please help. TIA.

Macbook Pro 13", Mac OS X (10.6.4)

Posted on Oct 3, 2010 9:27 AM

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Answer 1

Oct 3, 2010 8:36 PM in response to DSMchik

Have you tried...
in PowerPoint
FILE/SAVE AS MOVIE...
Movie Options... choose your soundtrack.

That will give you an .mov file.
If it will not import into iMovie, see if there are tween tracks, closed captioning tracks, or text tracks and delete them with QuickTime Pro.

Come back if you have more questions, or if this does not make sense.

This is easier in Keynote. You just set up the presentation as a timed advance (not manual advance) when you export the movie. This will keep the "bad" tracks out so you don't need QuickTime Pro.

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Answer 2

Dec 26, 2010 8:37 PM in response to AppleMan1958

I'm having a similar problem. Using Powerpoint 12.2.3 and iMovie 8.0.6.

When I save my PP as a movie, the music is lost. Even to the point when I go back to the PP version, it's gone there as well.

Can anyone tell me how to save my PP as a QT (or any other format that will allow the PP to move to a DVD) and keep the music that is attached to the PP?

Thanks in advance,
J&R

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