actually, he was right. he said to use office 2010, which they only make for a pc. i was facing the same dilemma you were, trying to export my pp 2011 presentation to a video with animations, and just by chance received a fresh copy of office 2010 for school. after reading his post, i tried it and it worked beautifully! runs a little slow since it actually exports the animation, but hey saved me a headache. get 2010 and you'll get what you want, i finally did! thanks!