Adding Video Open this as a slide show. “View—Slide Show” Better Than Bullet Points. Copyright © 2008 by John Wiley & Sons, Inc. Reproduced by permission of Pfeiffer, an imprint of Wiley. www.pfeiffer.com
You can insert video into your PowerPoint program in 3 ways: 1. “Insert-Movies and Sounds” 2. “Insert-object-Windows Media Player” 3. Insert a Flash (.swf) file --or you can LINK to a video stored elsewhere
Option 1: “Insert-Movies and Sounds” Insert-- Movies and Sounds. Browse for file. 2. Choose how you want the video to start.
This is an example of an Excel tutorial, captured with SnagIt, and inserted into a PowerPoint show (“Insert—Movies and Sounds”). Click anywhere on the Excel sample to start the video.
Option 2: Insert Windows Media Player Insert—Object— Windows Media Player
2. The Properties panel will open 2. The Properties panel will open. Click beside the custom box; a selection box will appear. Click to open it. 2. The Properties panel will open. Click beside the custom box; a selection box will appear. Click to open it. 3.Browse for the video file and set options for playback.
Click “play” to start the video.
Inserting a Flash (.swf) Movie or Animation IMPORTANT: the Flash (.swf) file must be located in the folder with the PowerPoint show Or Must be available on the Internet with a URL (Web address)
3. Insert a Flash (.swf) Object Choose “View-Toolbars -Control Toolbox.” 3. The cursor will change to a crosshair + . Draw a rectangle. (You can resize this later.) 2. Select “Shockwave Flash Object.”
Inserting a Flash (.swf) Movie 1. Right click on the rectangle and choose Properties. The Properties panel will open. . 2. Click beside the custom box; a selection box will appear. Click to open it.
Inserting a Flash (.swf) Movie 4. Right click on the rectangle and choose Properties. The Properties panel will open. Click beside the custom box; a selection box will appear. Click to open it. 5. Type in the name of the file, including the .swf extension.
Option 3: Insert as a Flash (.swf) file Windows Media file size = 3000 kb Converted to Flash (.swf) file = 1400 kb
You Try The folder “Adding Video” contains sample video files for you to practice with: Excel_highlight whole sheet.wmf (windows media) and Excel_highlight whole sheet .swf (Flash file) Click “Esc” to close this file.