My daughter has made a PowerPoint presentation complete with sound and animation she wants to send to her pen pal in Scotland.

She is trying to save the presentation on to a DVD so that it will play on her friend's DVD home player.

However when we tried to burn a DVD using NERO on our PC and test it on our own Goodmans DVD player the machine kept saying it couldn't find the disc.

Can someone tell us what we're doing wrong and how to correct this problem?

Thank you.

You have to first convert the presentation into a video file like MPG or AVI. Then you should be able to have Nero burn it as a video DVD.

Now, I'm REALLY confused.

How do I convert a Powerpoint presentation into a video file like an MPeg or an AVI?

Try File>Save As

We are using PP 2000 and I can find no mention of Mpeg or AVi file formats in the save as box. Our list reads...

Presentation
Web Page
Powerpoint 95
PP 97 - 200 and 95 presentation
Pp 4.0
Design Template
Powerpoint show
Powerpoint add
GIF format
JPEg format
PNG format
Device independent bitmap
Windows metafile
Outline/rtf format
Tag image file format

We are beginners to this remember, so could you please explain this in a little bit more detail? Is it one of the formats listed above?

Thanks.

There's whole bunch of links Here (http://www.google.co.uk/search?client=firefox-a&rls=org.mozilla%3Aen-US%3Aofficial_s&hl=en&q=powerpoint+to+dvd&meta=&btnG=Google+Search) that will point you in the right direction.
Basically you'll need another program to convert your Powerpoint to DVD format.

I know a program called wondershare PPT2DVD
Which can convert and burn powerpoint to DVD to view on TV.
You can learn more here:
Wondershare Download center-PPT2DVD,PowerPoint to DVD ,PowerPoint to MPEG,Convert PowerPoint to DVD ,PPT to MPEG,ppt to video (http://www.ppt-to-dvd.com/download.php?sid=4)

A PowerPoint to Flash tool may also be helpful to you .
You may like to visit here to learn more:
PPT2Flash Standard overview -PowerPoint to DVD,PowerPoint to MPEG,PowerPoint2DVD,DVD presentation,PowerPoint to Video (http://www.ppt-to-dvd.com/powerpoint-to-flash.php?sid=4)

Another thought.. are you sure the disk itself is the right format? If you only have a CD Burner, it won't burn DVD's even if it plays DVD's. Also check whether the DVD is "DVD+" or "DVD-" Some DVD burners handle both formats and some don't.

Don't give up, I think everyone has problems when they learn how to burn disks for the first time.

There is a software named CAMTASIA STUDIO which can be used for this purpose.
More informaton on this software will be available in their below website. One of my friends is using it.

Camtasia Studio Screen Recorder for Demos, Presentations and Training (http://www.techsmith.com/camtasia.asp)

Another thought.. are you sure the disk itself is the right format? If you only have a CD Burner, it won't burn DVD's even if it plays DVD's. Also check whether the DVD is "DVD+" or "DVD-" Some DVD burners handle both formats and some don't.

Don't give up, I think everyone has problems when they learn how to burn disks for the first time.

Yes, I totlly agree that.
You can also burn a MINIDVD . That's enough!