How to convert PowerPoint to DVD for free

Description: this posting will outline a number of options for converting a PowerPoint presentation to DVD using all free software.

There is not a single free application that will accomplish this; however there are three "routes" illustrated below that you could take to achieve PowerPoint to DVD conversion using all free apps. Here's a quick summary:

• PowerPoint to video to DVD: using "EM PowerPoint to Video Converter Free" (PPT to AVI), then doing the DVD authoring using DVD Flick (AVI to DVD).
• PowerPoint to Flash SWF to AVI to DVD: using iSpring Converter Free (PPT to SWF); then using either SWF2AVI or CamStudio (SWF to AVI), and finally DVD Flick (AVI to DVD).
• PowerPoint to JPEG to DVD: using PowerPoint Image Copier (PPT to JPG) then authoring a DVD slideshow using DVD Slideshow GUI (JPG to DVD).

Notes:

• All of the methods described here require that PowerPoint be installed on your machine.
• While I use PPT to refer to PowerPoint files you could in fact convert any PowerPoint file extension that your version of PowerPoint supports (e.g. PPS, or PPTS, PPTM, etc. if using PowerPoint 2007).
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I am going to segment the process of converting a PowerPoint file into 2 parts: (1) capturing the visual part of the presentation, and (2) packaging it into a DVD.

from: http://www.freewaregenius.com/2008/12/17/how-to-convert-powerpoint-to-dvd-for-free/