Power Point to Windows Movie Maker To break up your Power Point slides into smaller increments (which will help to prevent the frames from freezing up in Windows Movie Maker), do the following:

1. Save your PPT animation in increments of 100 slides. If you exceed 100 slides, create a new Power Point, copy and paste the last slide (#100) and paste into the new PPT. Continue from there until you have created another 100 slides. Repeat. Why do we break down the PPT? Because Windows Movie Maker freezes very easily. Small, bite-sized pieces are best!

2. Convert each set of 100 slides to .PNG format (Office button>save as>other format> .PNG from “File Type”.

3. Close PPT. Open Windows Movie Maker. Import the .PNG files into collections. Select all PNGs by using the keyboard combo ctrl/a. Click Import.

4. Once these first 100 PNG files are in the collections area of Windows Movie Maker, select all (ctrl/a) and change the timing TOOLS>OPTIONS>ADVANCED. Change the timing to .125 or .250, depending upon the speed you like.

5. Select all of the files from the collections area and drag them down to the storyboard. WAIT. Don’t rush Windows Movie Maker. Play the movie and see if you like the timing. If so, continue on to #6. If not, remove them all from the storyboard and change the timing. Repeat #4 and #5 until you are content.

6. Import music, like an .mp3 or .wma file. Can’t find one? Go to Amazon.com and buy one for $.99 (use the Amazon Downloader) and import audio into Windows Movie Maker. OR – use the free sample music that comes with your Windows XP operating system. Look under My Documents. After you import the audio, drag this music clip down to the timeline. (Change from storyboard mode if you can’t find it). Adjust the length of the music if it’s too long by cutting it a little bit longer than the movie length. Right click and fade out.

7. Save this file as a project file. FILE>SAVE AS PROJECT. You will create a .MSWMM file. This is the PROJECT file, not the MOVIE file. You’re not done yet.

8. Now, save it as s MOVIE file. FILE>SAVE AS MOVIE. You will create a .WMV file. This is the movie. Email this movie file to me.

If you already made your PPT and it’s more than 100 slides, you’ll have to break it apart.

1. First - copy and paste the file and rename it with the words Robotic Animation BACKUP.pptx (for example) to save a copy of it, should the files become corrupt.

2. With the original Power Point file closed, right click and copy/paste the file, one for each 100 slides.

3. Right click and rename each of these copies as follows (example): a. Robotic Animation Slides 1- 100 b. Robotic Animation Slides 101- 200 c. Robotic Animation Slides 201 – 300, etc. as needed.

4. Next, create .PNG files for the first group of 100 slides, import into Windows Movie Maker, change timing, (no music) etc., save as a Project File, save as a Movie File, and then set aside. DO NOT ADD MUSIC YET!

5. Repeat step 5 for each group of 100 Power Point slides. 6. When you are finished with these steps, you should have one mini-movie

for each 100 slides. Combine these mini-movies into one large movie and add music. See the instructions above.