Export Keynote Presentations to Make a DVD with Sound

I am very pleased with the ease of use and beauty of Keynote compared to PPT and its clunky interface, and I really like Keynote's elegant transitions and builds.
I have a number of Keynote presentations from 20 minutes to about an hour that I want to place on DVDs to share with others.
I own Final Cut Pro 4.5, DVD Studio Pro 3.0, Motion 1.0, iLife '04, Keynote 1.0, Keynote 2.0.2, Garage Band 1.0, and Sound Studio 2.1. I've been a Mac user since 1985 and have kept up with many apps and am a professional photographer, but am just getting into video production and need advice.
1. Is it possible to import a Keynote (v.2) or (v.3) into FCP as it is advertized for iDVD? Or can Keynote files be imported into DVD Studio Pro 3.0 also? Pros vs Cons?
2. Is it possible to lay down a complete sound track in FCP and then import a Keynote presentation and sync it to the transitions and builds?
3. Or is it necessary to cut up the sound into the correct time length for each slide (and builds) and paste into each slide in Keynote?
4. Is there a way to easily modify the time length of a slide (transition and/or build(s)) within FCP after the Keynote presentation has been imported?
5. If this is saved in QuickTime can that be imported into FPC?
6. Or is it better to lay down individual sound bytes in FCP after the Keynote presentation is imported?
7. Are there any tricks that I should know about in timing the sound bytes for each slide transition with its builds?
8. Do I need QuickTime Pro?
9. If I upgrade to Keynote 3, will that make things work easier, such as exporting directly to iDVD or DVD Studio Pro 3.0?
10. If I upgrade to iLife '06 with its iDVD, will that facilitate in any way?
Thanks in advance for your advice.
Frank Evan

I love Keynote, took me a bit to figure out how to keep it looking so good exporting it so i could use it in FCP and Motion and then to DSP. The trick is when you export from Keynote use the QT and then go to formats then custom, under video change it from 800x600 i alwas use 800x600 to build Keynote presentations looks better when you export, change this to 720x540 this will keep your presentation looking just as nice. Under settings i use Animation and millions of colors, good luck i use this method and works every time. From there you can take it right into DSP or FCP and even Motion, i usually don't export sound from Keynote but you could i add mine later in FCP. Hope this works for you.

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