1. 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.

2. 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

3. Option 1: “Insert-Movies and Sounds”
Insert-- Movies and Sounds. Browse for file.
2. Choose how you want the video to start.

4. 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.

5. Option 2: Insert Windows Media Player
Insert—Object— Windows Media Player

6. 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.

7. Click “play” to start the video.

8. 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)

9. 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.”

10. 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.

11. 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.

12. Option 3: Insert as a Flash (.swf) file
Windows Media file size = 3000 kb
Converted to Flash (.swf) file = kb

13. 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.