How to export a presentation in Keynote or PowerPoint as a video on Mac

Learn how to convert Keynote or PowerPoint presentations into videos on your Mac using these simple step-by-step instructions.

Export Numbers and PowerPoint presentation to video

People create presentations in PowerPoint and Keynote for all sorts of reasons. You may have a slideshow to display your company’s products, business profile, class plan, or personal photos.

Once your presentation is complete, you might want to share it or have it displayed on a monitor without interacting with it. This is when turning your slideshow into a video or movie comes in handy.

Export a Keynote presentation as a video

1) Open the presentation you want to export in the Keynote app on your Mac.

2) Click File > Export to > Movie from the top menu bar. Your video will be saved as an .m4v or .mov file, depending on which Format you choose (H.264 or HEVC) in the next step.

Click File Export Movie in Keynote menu bar on Mac

3) In the pop-up window, you can change the slides to include the timing between slides and resolution, and click Save.

Export Your Presentation as movie in Keynote on Mac

4) Give your movie a different name, add a tag, and pick a location for the export. Finally, click the Export button.

Saving Keynote presentation as a video file on Mac

Export a PowerPoint presentation as a video file

1) Open Microsoft PowerPoint on your Mac and go to the presentation you want to export.

2) Click File > Export from the top menu bar.

3) In the pop-up window, you can give your movie a different name, add a tag, and pick a location for the export if you like.

4) Choose MOV under File Format. This saves the video as a .mov file.

5) You can then select the quality from Presentation, Internet, or Low, depending on what you want to do with the video. You can also change the width and height and adjust the seconds spent on each slide.

6) When you finish, click Export.

Export PowerPoint as Video on Mac

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