Burning Powerpoints to CDs from my Mac for use on XP

I am doing a presentation using my imac G5 powerpoint, but a) cannot burn the slide show onto CD, and b) when I mail the presentation to a friend with XP some of the pictures and formatting won't show up. The university runs XP as well.

Hi Johanna!
Unless your iMac doesn't have a CD burner, yes, you can burn your PowerPoint presentation on your Mac and pass it off to a Windows machine to read. If it's not working for you then we need to determine why. What happens when you try?
The pictures and formatting are most likely due to a couple of things. Your pictures are probably linked instead of being saved with the document. Be sure you not only email the PPT file but also the image files as well. Also, be sure to use fonts that both your Mac and Windows recipients will have. PowerPoint doesn't store fonts in the file. Stick with the basics such as Arial, Helvetica, Times, etc.
Finally, be sure that PowerPoint is the tool you need to use with your Windows folks. Many folks use it for page layout because they find Word too restrictive but need something in common with Windows users that can open the file. You may be better off using PowerPoint to create your document and then using Mac OS X's built-in print-to-PDF feature. This will create a file that can be opened in Adobe Reader on Windows and will preserve the exact appearance of your presentation without the worry of losing images or formatting.
Hope this helps! bill
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