If you liked this tutorial, go ahead and subscribe and hit the bell icon on YouTube to make sure you hear about all my videos when they come out. That’s what’s great about ProPresenter, it gives you flexibility you wouldn’t otherwise have. One thing that happened as a result of this trip is that I got to play with the integration between Pro6 and PowerPoint. I just got back from a week-long gig where I got to run ProPresenter for a corporate client and I had a great time. Hi, I’m Paul Alan Clifford from, where you can find hours of church tech tutorials, just like this one, courses, and my exclusive community,, because Ministry Loves Company. Transcript:On today’s ProPresenter show brought to you by, I was wrong about PowerPoint…in a good way. If you do tech at your church or you use computers to advance your church’s mission, this show is for you. This show started with Renewed Vision’s ProPresenter software, but might include Photoshop, Final Cut Pro, or any of the other web services that churches might use. If you’d like to chip in a few bucks, anything you do is appreciated. That’s what’s great about ProPresenter, it gives you flexibility you wouldn’t otherwise have.v This technique really frees you up to present the information in the best possible way, even if you don’t start with the best file type. When a lay teacher speaks at your recovery ministry, you don’t have to spend extra time fixing black text on a white background you can apply a template instead. When a missionary stops by with a powerpoint, you can make it more engaging. Now, you can import your pastor’s notes, that look like they were created in Office 95 and make them look like something that fits in the rest of your service. I get stuff wrong all the time and I’m glad this was one of those things because it’s so much better than I imagined. Someone kindly pointed out that I was wrong. Before I tried this, I actually sent a newsletter out saying that ProPresenter couldn’t edit imported powerpoint files. So, that’s the basics of importing PowerPoint into Propresenter. Notice that I can apply a template like I normally would or even just do quick edits on text like this. If you want the powerpoint to look identical to the original, and you’re okay with losing the ability to edit it, choose the first. If the PowerPoint you bring in, is just text, or you know the images aren’t helpful, then choose the second one. You might need to do some tweaking as far as text box sizes go, but generally, you’ll get the best results with this one. Once you do it, you can treat the PowerPoint as if it’s a ProPresenter file and do what you normally would with it. Normally, I’d choose “Import text and graphic objects as Propresenter slide elements.” This gives you the greatest flexibility. So, which should you choose? Well, I depends.ĭon’t you hate that answer? I know I do, but in this case, it’s true. I could be remembering wrong on that one. I only played with the PC version for a day on my recent trip freelancing for a company that used ProPresenter to add motion backgrounds to their slides. Note that, if memory serves, Pro6 for Windows has another option. Import Text and Graphic objects as ProPresenter slide elements Import text objects as ProPresenter Slide Elements Once you’ve done that, a dialog box will pop up asking how you want to import it. Next, navigate to the file you want to import. Now, go to ProPresenter and go to File then Import. I don’t think it will affect things, but Pro6 does open PowerPoint, so it might. Once office is installed, make sure that you open it, at least once to get past all the “look at all the good stuff that powerpoint can do” screens. Either way, it’s pretty cheap ($3 a month for the non-profit version or $10 for the home version.) There is nonprofit program, but you might not, depending on your church, be able to agree to all of their “non-discrimination” policies. The home version of office is about $10 a month and I believe it’s fine to use that for church. So, let me show you, on my computer just how this works.įirst, make sure you have PowerPoint on your computer. Whether that was ever true or if it was something I was confused about, I’d been telling people bad information. It used to be that ProPresenter needed an older version of powerpoint to work, and I thought it basically just exported stills, so you lost all ability to edit. Join the conversation leave a comment below the video, or hit me up on Twitter just got back from a week-long gig where I got to run ProPresenter for a corporate client and I had a great time.
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