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1.
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Launch
PowerPoint and open an existing slide presentation.
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2.
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Select
File-Save As, choose a location, set the format to JPEG (Type
pulldown menu) and click OK.
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3.
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Click
"Yes" when asked if you want to export every slide
in the presentation.
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4.
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Quit
PowerPoint and Launch MediaWorks Author.
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5.
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Launch
Video and capture a person giving their PowerPoint presentation.
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Tips!
Try a capture size of 240 x 180. Pause 1 or 2 seconds
at beginning and end of each segment. Narrate a brief synopsis
of each slide (10 seconds). Comment on the content instead
of simply reading the slide. Save in segments!
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6.
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Capture
and save in segments! Drag the movies into Author in the order
captured and export an unrendered QuickTime Movie.
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7.
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Drag
the slide show images into MediaWorks Author (they import in
numerical order).
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8.
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Drag
in the movie and reposition it to a corner as desired.
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9.
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Play
the scene. As you watch, listen to the narrative and press CONTROL-M
at each point in time the slide should change. Don't worry about
the slide images yet.
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10.
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When
done, open the sequencer, and select all the slides (drag a
selection around the picture timebars). Don't select the movie!
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11.
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Hold
the Shift key and click the Auto-sequence button.
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12.
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Play
the scene. Adjust markers if necessary (Mac: Option-drag Win:
Alt-drag) and Auto-sequence again.
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13.
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Export
the scene as a Rendered or Unrendered QuickTime movie. (Scene
> Export > QuickTime >Rendered or Unrendered).
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You
now have a perfectly sync'd cross-platform video-narrated slide
show sharable on any computer with QuickTime installed.
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View
an example: Watering the Desert (6.1
MB .mov)
Download
the sources to this project (4.6
MB .zip) 
For
further tips on using MediaWorks' Marker feature, check out
Sequencing Techniques.
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