Add Video to PowerPoint
Many people wouldn't consider using video for powerpoint. But it's possible to use movies in your presentations.Imagine sitting in worship and watching rolling clouds, or a shroud blowing in the wind on a cross.
Moving images can add life to your presentations. They can give people something to reflect on during communion or other parts of worship. They make great backgrounds too.
PowerPoint supports MPEG and Windows Media Video (.wmv) file types.
But if you download a free plug-in from GlobFX, you can also play Flash movies in PowerPoint.
How to Insert Video into PowerPoint
Open your presentation. Decide which slide you want the video loop to play on.
On the menu, select
- Insert, then
- Movies and Sound
Note that you're given two choices of where to get your video for PowerPoint. Your choices are:
- Movie Gallery (animation clips downloaded from Microsoft website)
- File (stored on your computer)
Most of the time, you'll choose #2. After making your choice, you're asked to make another decision.
Do you want your movie to play automatically or after you click on it?
If you click, No, then you'll have to click the slide to make the movie start.
Once the movie has been inserted, you can resize it to fill the entire slide or a portion of it.
If you only wish to fill a portion of the slide, you insert other images or text.
What about Text?
The only downside is that you can't add text and expect it to be visible during playback.
The movie becomes the top layer during playback and your text is not seen.
However, you can resize the movie and add text on the slide background. Then you have to move your text up in Custom Animation so it's first.
Doing this means you have to click the slide to make the movie plays. But at least your text can be seen along with the movie now.
In this example, a moving flag has been added in the top left corner of the slide. Text and two other images were also added.
The custom animation order was set so that our text shows first.
The movie plays when the slide is clicked. All other images are visible with the video during playback.
Options for playback are nearly endless. The video can be resized as desired.
What about Sound?
Keep in mind though that when sound is added, a speaker icon appears on your slide. For the sound to be heard during playback, that speaker must be visible on the slide somewhere (preferably off in a corner).
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