How Do You Make A Powerpoint Presentation That Includes Audio And Video Files?
Have you ever made a nice PowerPoint presentation with music and/or video clips in it, which would not play on another computer when e-mailed? If you follow these easy steps to ensure that all the files needed are included and will be available at the local computer you will have a wonderful presentation. • Open PowerPoint by clicking on Start => Applications (or All Programs) => Microsoft Office => Microsoft PowerPoint. • Create your basic PowerPoint presentation. Click here if you are unsure how. • Click on Insert => Movies and Sounds => Movie from file (or Sound from File) to add a video or audio file to your presentation. • Locate the file you want to add. • • Remember where this file is located (the file path); you will need it later! • Select mp3 or wav format from the Files of Type drop down box. • Select either ‘Automatically’ or ‘When Clicked’ when the following prompt appears: “How do you want the sound to start in the slide show?” • Run the slide show to make sure the files
• Open PowerPoint by clicking on Start => Applications (or All Programs) => Microsoft Office => Microsoft PowerPoint. • Create your basic PowerPoint presentation. Click here if you are unsure how. • Click on Insert => Movies and Sounds => Movie from file (or Sound from File) to add a video or audio file to your presentation. • Locate the file you want to add. • • Remember where this file is located (the file path); you will need it later! • Select mp3 or wav format from the Files of Type drop down box. • Select either ‘Automatically’ or ‘When Clicked’ when the following prompt appears: “How do you want the sound to start in the slide show?” • Run the slide show to make sure the files play when you want them to. You have many options with video files. To use some of these options, right-click on the sound icon and then click on ‘Custom Animation’. You can use the Help menu to get descriptions of all of the options. • Save your presentation by clicking on File => Save As =>, and then dec
