Technically speaking, you can’t actually view a PowerPoint presentation using RealPlayer as a PowerPoint presentation. RealPlayer is great for viewing movies, though, and you can easily convert PowerPoint to a movie format using a couple of different methods. These methods are described below:

Moyea PPT to Video Converter

Moyea Powerpoint to Video Converter is a professional tool that converts PowerPoint presentations to video files in any of the popular formats with excellent output quality. Although the converted PowerPoint presentation is ideal for emailing or uploading to the Web, sharing by iTunes, blogs or YouTube, reviewing on iPad/iPod/iPhone/PSP, watching PowerPoint presentation on TV (and so on!), all we want to be able to do is watch the presentation on RealPlayer.

There is a wide range of different video formats you can export to, including:

• .mp4
• .avi
• .mov
• .rmvb (RealNetworks streaming media format)
• .flv
• .ts
• .vob
• .mpg
• .dat
• .wmv
• .asf
• .mkv
• .dv

There are a whole host of other simple to use options that let you convert to formats that are playable on iPhone, iPad, PS3, Wii, Xbox and many more devices.

You can set the quality as high or as low as you like, but even on the “medium” setting, the quality of the finished video is surprisingly good. There is even a trial version for you to download before you buy.

PowerPoint Save As Video

PowerPoint 2010 also comes with an in-built conversion tool that will convert your PowerPoint presentation (.ppt) to  a Windows Media Video file (.wmv). To do this, click the File tab > Save as > Windows Media Video (*.wmv).

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Choose a location on your hard drive to save the video, type in a name and make sure you change the Save as type to Windows Media File (*.wmv).

Read more about converting PowerPoint to Video.

When you visit a web page displaying a video that RealPlayer can download, (you can use RealPlayer to download Youtube videos), RealPlayer will display a Download This Video link.

You will usually see this link when you move your cursor over the video. When you click the Download This Video link, the RealPlayer Downloader will open and the video will start downloading. The RealPlayer Downloader shows you the progress the download is making.

You can use the downloader to monitor, pause, or stop the video’s download progress. However, you can also ignore RealPlayer Downloader as it downloads the video – you don’t need to monitor download progress. Because RealPlayer Downloader is handling the download, you can close the video’s web page or move on to other videos or web sites.

RealPlayer Downloader can “queue” multiple videos simultaneously. This means that while one video is downloading, you can add more videos from other web pages. The additional videos can download in the background while you do other things within RealPlayer or elsewhere on your computer.

Once the video has downloaded successfully, you can hover over it in the RealPlayer Downloader to make the control options appear:

Real Networks is reaching out to Android phones with RealPlayer for Android.

RealPlayer for Android helps you organize and play music your way, and enables you to showcase your photos and videos. The application comes with an intuitive user interface, music playback by directory folder and the easy deletion of songs and videos, meaning that managing your collection has never been simpler.

Download the all-in-one digital media player app from the Android Market today, and check out further details on the RealPlayer for Android page.

Highlights

• Use RealPlayer’s advanced features to manage and present your video and photo collection
• Organize and play your music library – your way
• RealPlayer has an intuitive interface that is easy to use
• Multiple downloads – the Download Manager enables you to download several favorite media files to your phone at the same time

Note: The app is only in beta at the moment.

RealPlayer makes it very easy to download Youtube videos. When you visit a Youtube video page you should see a Download This Video link.

If you don’t see the icon, move the cursor over the video and it should pop up. You have two options: you can either click the Download This Video link, or you can click the down arrow and select the Save this video as option. If you click the Download This Video link, the video will start downloading with the name it was uploaded to Youtube with and it will be saved to the location set up in the RealPlayer Preferences.

The RealPlayer Downloader opens to show you the progress the download is making.

If, on the other hand, you click on the down arrow instead of the Download This Video link, the following menu is displayed. Here, you can select the Save this video as option.

When the Save As window opens you can change the name of the video and select a location on your computer’s hard drive to save the video to. The location that defaults into this window comes from the RealPlayer Downloading and Recording Preferences.

When the download is complete, you can click on the image of the video to play it in RealPlayer. Alternatively, you can use Windows Explorer to find the video and then use RealPlayer to play it.

The file format of the downloaded video should be .flv as that is the video format that Youtube uses.

Apple’s iBookstore is an online store that sells electronic versions of books. These iBooks can be downloaded from iBookstore and then read on your iPad. The iBookstore collection holds over 200,000 books – many of them free – and it’s growing every day.

It’s easy to use iBookstore – you can view what’s featured on the iBookstore and the New York Times best-seller lists, or browse by title, author, or genre. When you find a book you like, tap to see more details, peruse reviews, even read a free sample. Once you download a book, it appears on your bookshelf. Just tap and dive in.

Illustrated Books On iBookstore

Download gorgeous, full-page illustrated children’s books, cookbooks, and art books. Or flip through Enhanced Books, where words, pictures, audio, and video come together. Listen to an author read their favourite passages, watch supplementary videos, or browse a library of photos or unpublished excerpts.

Reading On An iPad

Reading on an iPad is just like reading a book. You hold your iPad like a book and flip the pages like a book (think about how you use touch to operate an iPhone). You do it all with your hands — just like a book. But once you tap open the first page, you’ll discover that it’s nothing like a book. Read one page at a time in portrait. Or turn iPad on its side and view two pages at once. Either way you look at it, the bright LED-backlit display brings crisp and colorful detail to every page, without using illumination. So illustrations and images — and brilliant writing — appear just as the author intended.

• Classics on iBooks
• Reading List on iBooks

• Using iTunes Store you can preview, buy (or rent) and download full length movies, TV shows, videos and music.
• Import your music from a variety of sources like CDs, iTunes Store, Amazon or from your computer’s hard drive.
• Organise the music you import by creating libraries.
• Play music! You can locate the song you want quickly and play it exactly how you want to hear it.
• Build, organise and play your own collections of videos. Once videos have been imported into your library, iTunes makes watching them fun and easy.
• Categorise your iTunes content with tags to make it easier to find.
• Create playlists that contain only the songs you want to hear – in the order you want to hear them.
• Subscribe and listen to podcasts, both audio and video.
• Manage your content on other devices, such as iPhones, iPads and iPods.
• Share your music collections over the internet with your friends. And, of course, you can share their collections too.
• Burn your own music CDs.
• Use Ping to connect socially with others and share your iTunes activities. Discover what other people (including your favourite artists) are doing.
• Convert audio and video into different formats.
• Use iTunes to back up all your multimedia files.

iTunes really is an all round package that does far more than just play movies and music. Because it can do so much, we’ve created a set of iTunes tutorials for your viewing pleasure.

Introducing RealPlayer SP Plus

RealPlayer was known for a short period of tim as RealOne Player. Developed by RealNetworks, RealPlayer is a cross-platform media player that plays a number of multimedia formats including MP3, FLV (Flash video), MPEG-4, QuickTime, Windows Media and multiple versions of proprietary RealAudio and RealVideo formats.

The fist version of the software was released in 1995 by RealNetworks and promoted using the name of RealAudio Player.

RealPlayer® SP Plus lets you take your media experience to the next level with our new RealPlayer H.264 video converter. It delivers the highest quality video available. There’s also 120–minute DVD burning. Of course, you get all the great features of the Free RealPlayer, too.

• Receive RealPlayer Plus free with your free 14 day SuperPass trial.
• Your SuperPass membership includes RealPlayer ® SP Plus, allowing you to play Web videos on your favorite devices, then share them on Facebook and Twitter.
• See what they can’t show you on TV! Try it FREE.
• Watch Full-Length Movies Now. SuperPass delivers online, on-demand movies.

Take advantage of these special offers now, or just Buy RealPlayer Plus!

First introduced to the world by RealNetworks in April 1995, RealPlayer is a media player that is able to play a variety of multimedia formats (e.g. MP3, MPEG-4, QuickTime etc). RealPlayer became one of the first media players capable of streaming media over the Internet.

• RealPlayer Plus takes advantage of our new H.264 converter
• Rip, mix and burn CDs and MP3s fast
• We’ve got the facility for 120 minute DVD burning
• Our 10 band equalizer gives you ultimate control
• Convert vinyl, tape and voice to digital files with ease

RealPlayer® SP Plus allows you take your media experience to the next level with the new RealPlayer H.264 video converter. It delivers the highest quality video available on the planet. And then, of course, there’s the ability to burn 120 minute of DVD. On top of all this, you get all the great features of the Free RealPlayer, too.

• Our SuperPass membership includes RealPlayer ® SP Plus, allowing you to play Web videos on your favorite devices, then share them on Facebook and Twitter.
• See the shocking details they can’t show you on TV! Try it FREE.
• Receive RealPlayer Plus free with your free 14 day SuperPass trial.
• Watch Full-Length Movies Now in premium quality. SuperPass delivers online, on-demand movies just when you want them..

Take advantage of these special offers now!