How can I view my Mac PowerPoint on portable devices like iPad or iPhone, is there a free program that can convert PowerPoint to video on Mac?

Solution:

Save PowerPoint as QuickTime Movie

Microsoft PowerPoint for Mac allows you to save PowerPoint as QuickTime movie (MOV) directly. Click “File” on the ribbon and choose “Save as Movie” in the drop-down menu. Then in the “Movie Settings” tab, you can adjust the output movie parameters like video size, quality, slide transitions, background soundtrack, etc. You should know that the animation and most transition effects of the original PowerPoint file is not saved in the QuickTime movie. So this method is suitable for those PowerPoint files with only text and pictures.

Convert PowerPoint to video for Mac

When you search “PowerPoint converter” in Google, you should find there are so many PowerPoint to video converters. Although they have various functions - better or worse, one thing is common, they all run on Windows operating systems.

The reason why we choose PowerPoint converter is that all the original PowerPoint elements like animations, transitions, music, video clips, fonts and languages can be preserved intact in the output video.

Even if they are designed for Windows operating system, we can still run the PowerPoint converters on Mac with the help of Parallels for Mac. First get Parallel installed on your Mac computer, and then click the icon to run it. Then you will get the Windows operating system interface, where you can install and run Windows applications.

Run Leawo PowerPoint to Video Converter Free, it helps you to convert any PowerPoint formats (PPT, PPTX, PPS, PPSX, etc.) to WMV video for free with perfect video and audio synchronization. You can convert PowerPoint to WMV video in simply 3 steps: (1) Rum the program and click “Add” to import PowerPoint file. (2) Choose WMV as output video format and specify an output folder. (3) Convert PowerPoint to WMV.

One last thing, the WMV format is not among the video formats supported by iPad, iPhone or iPod. Fortunately we have another Free MP4 Converter which can convert WMV to MP4 formats and then you can view Mac PowerPoint on your iPad or iPhone freely.

Conclusion:

The first method by saving Mac PowerPoint to QuickTime movie is much simpler, but some of the effects will be lost. The second method by using PowerPoint converters on Mac seems redundant, but it is the only way that we can preserve all the PowerPoint effects. Besides, it is free, why not give it a try!