PowerPoint 2010 to Flash Movie Guide

The ability of creating video from PowerPoint 2010 brings lots of benefits for future PowerPoint 2010 users. You may have this question, could you create an interactive Flash movie from PowerPoint 2010, or could you convert your PowerPoint 2010 presentation to Flash movie?

Now, PowerPoint 2010 doesn’t have the ability of outputting Flash movie from the current Technical Preview version, so users cannot create Flash movie directly from PowerPoint 2010 at least in the latest PowerPoint 2010 version. So, the point is how to convert your PowerPoint 2010 presentation to Flash movie if you want to transfer it to Flash movie?

We all know that, converting PowerPoint to Flash possesses many benefits. In some extend, Flash movie prevails over video in most aspects.
For using Flash in Web page
1. Flash movie always has a smaller file size then video, which is beneficial to delivery on Web.
2. The streaming technology Flash uses allows visitors to start watching it without waiting for the entire Flash to download before playback begins.
For running Flash movie on multiple computer platforms
Flash movie can be shown well on multiple computer platforms, such as Macs, Linux, Solaris and PC, there’s no limitation for Flash movie playing in different operating systems.
For using Flash in eLearning
With some SCORM tools, PowerPoint can be converted to SCORM compliant Flash movie. This makes your PowerPoint course be trackable, reusable, accessible and durable for your LMS when practice eLearning. Videos don’t have this advantage.
From the aspect of Flash movie itself
Flash movie is more interactive than video for users.

With the above benefits PowerPoint to Flash conversion, then how to convert your PowerPoint 2010 presentation to Flash movie? Are there any effective conversion ways for PowerPoint 2010? Considering the possibility with the current technology, 3 ways can convert your PowerPoint 2010 to Flash movie.

1. Using PowerPoint to Flash converter to convert PPT 2010 to Flash. PowerPoint to Flash converter is the direct and effective way to convert PowerPoint 2010 to Flash movie. Just google “PowerPoint 2010 to Flash converter”, you will get more tools for your, such as PPT2Flash.

2. Slide sharing Web sites. Now, there are no Web sites that allow PowerPoint users to upload PowerPoint 2010 presentation, but this would be possible after PowerPoint 2010 is to release normally.

3. Screen recorder to convert PPT 2010 to Flash. Record you PowerPoint 2010 presentation to Flash movie via presenting your slide show. Many screen recorders do a good job in this point, such as Comtasia and Captivate. Such screen recorders can record your PowerPoint 2010 presentation and then save your capture in Flash movie.

Hope Microsoft add the feature of output Flash movie for PowerPoint 2010 in future, the function of creating Flash movie from PowerPoint 2010 will give a more effective way for PowerPoint 2010 users to use PowerPoint 2010 and extend the application area of PowerPoint 2010. For the users who are still using PowerPoint 2007 or earlier PowerPoint version, here is 6 ways to convert PowerPoint to Flash.