Creating a YouTube Video in PowerPoint 2010

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1 Creating a YouTube Video in PowerPoint 2010 STEP ONE: Make Your Slides Widescreen YouTube defaults to widescreen so before you start creating your presentation, change the slides to widescreen. 1. Go to the DESIGN tab 2. Click PAGE SETUP 3. Select ON-SCREEN SHOW (16:9) from the dropdown 4. Click OK STEP TWO: Create Your Presentation Add pictures and text to your PowerPoint as you usually would. Make sure you are happy with content and layout before progressing to the next step.

2 STEP THREE: Set the Transitions Because you are turning this PowerPoint into a video, it needs to progress from one slide to the next automatically without being clicked. There are two ways to achieve this: set all slides to transition after a certain number of seconds, or manually record timings for the presentation. OPTION ONE: Set All Slides to Transition After a Certain Number of Seconds 1. Go to the TRANSITIONS tab 2. Check the box marked AFTER and select the number of seconds a slide should be displayed 3. Click APPLY TO ALL In the screenshot here, we set 00:04.00 which means each slide in our presentation will be shown for 4 seconds. If you want to use one of the animated transitions (like FADE, CUT, or PUSH) now is the time to set that up. Be wary of overdoing it. Some of the more exciting transitions quickly become annoying. OPTION TWO: Manually Record Timings for the Presentation This is a better option if you have large amounts of text on some slides and small amounts of text on other slides, because you can set some slides to stay on screen longer than others. 1. Go to the SLIDE SHOW tab 2. Click the bottom half of the RECORD SLIDE SHOW button and select START RECORDING FROM BEGINNING from the dropdown

3 PowerPoint allows you to record narration over the top of your presentation. If you have a microphone built in or plugged in to your computer, it will assume you want to do this. If you simply want to record the slide timings without adding narration, do the following: 1. Check the SLIDE AND ANIMATION TIMINGS box 2. Uncheck the NARRATIONS AND LASER POINTER box 3. Click START RECORDING Your presentation will display in slide show mode and you should click through it at the pace you want it to progress. It is a good idea to read the slides slowly (aloud or in your head) to ensure you are allowing enough time for viewers of the video to read all the text. When you reach the end of the slide show, click YES to keep the slide timings you just recorded.

4 STEP FOUR: Add Audio Track if Desired 1. Go to the first slide in your presentation 2. Go to the INSERT tab 3. Click the bottom of the AUDIO button and select AUDIO FROM FILE from the dropdown 4. Browse to the audio file you wish to insert 5. You now have extra AUDIO TOOLS tabs at the top of the screen. If you do not see the AUDIO TOOLS tabs, click once on the speaker icon you see on the slide 6. Go to the AUDIO TOOLS: PLAYBACK tab 7. Check the HIDE DURING SHOW box 8. Select PLAY ACROSS SLIDES from the dropdown 9. Select LOOP UNTIL STOPPED if your audio track is shorter than the duration of your presentation STEP FIVE: Save the Presentation as a Video 1. Go to the FILE tab 2. Click SAVE & SEND 3. Click CREATE A VIDEO 4. Click CREATE VIDEO

5 STEP SIX: Upload to YouTube 1. Log in to YouTube 2. Click UPLOAD

6 3. Click SELECT FILES FROM YOUR COMPUTER 4. Browse to your saved video file and customize the upload settings as desired. Allow time for the video to process depending on its size. Now sit back and enjoy your masterpiece.