3 Easy Ways to Add a PowerPoint to iMovie

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This wikiHow teaches you how to convert a PowerPoint presentation into a video file and import it into iMovie on Mac, iPhone, or iPad.

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Converting PowerPoint to Video

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Open a PowerPoint presentation. Do so by double-clicking the orange app that's shaped like or contains a P. Click File in the menu bar and Open…. Then select the PowerPoint presentation you want to add to iMovie.

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In older versions of PowerPoint, click Save as Movie. and Save. Doing so saves the PowerPoint in QuickTime movie (MOV) format.

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\n"> Click the File Format drop-down.

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The Quality drop-down should be set to "Presentation Quality" for the best-quality video.

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\n"> Click Export . It may take a few minutes for PowerPoint to convert the presentation to a video. Advertisement Method 2 of 3:

Importing to iMovie on Mac

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\n"> Open iMovie. It's a purple star-shaped app with a white movie camera icon.

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\n"> Click the Media tab. It's at the top of the window.

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\n"> Click File in the menu bar at the top of the screen.

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\n"> Click Import Media… .

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\n"> Click the Import to: drop-down at the top of the window.

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Click a destination for the new video. You can save it directly to a project or add it to your iMovie Media Library to use later.

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Select the location of the video. Use the menu on the left side of the window to select the folder or location where you saved the converted PowerPoint presentation.

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Click the PowerPoint presentation video file. It will be listed on the right side of the window after you've selected the folder or location where it is saved.

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To add the video to another project, double-click a project under the Projects tab, then click My Media in the upper-left, and drag the new video down to your project's timeline.

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Importing to iMovie on iPhone or iPad

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\n"> Add the PowerPoint video file to your Photos app on Mac.

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Transfer the video file to the Photos app on your iPhone or iPad. Your PowerPoint video must be in MP4 format to transfer to iPhone or iPad.

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Open the iMovie app on your iPhone or iPad. It's a purple app with a white star and a movie camera icon.

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If iMovie opened into a video or different tab, tap the "back" link in the upper-left corner of the screen until you see three tabs at the top of the screen: Video, Projects, and Theater.

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\n"> Tap ＋ Create Project. Alternatively, you can tap an existing project instead.

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\n"> Tap Movie . It's near the top of the "New Project" window.

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Select your video and tap Create Movie . It's at the bottom of the screen. This will download your video and add it to your iMovie timeline.

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Tap ＋ to add more media.
Tap ◀ to go back to the beginning of the video.
Tap ▶ to preview the video.

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Community Q&A

My powerpoint isn't highlighted so I can't click on it to import it. Can you help? Community Answer

You cannot import a powerpoint by itself onto iMovie, as iMovie can only import videos and images. If you would like to import it, you will first need to create your powerpoint into a video. You can find this by searching online. Then, you can add it to iMovie as it will be an acceptable file.

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How do I use the PowerPoint iPhone app? I double clicked to add the title and the keypad didn't come up!

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