Show you how to insert a video in PowerPoint

In order to achieve better results, it is common to Insert SWF format animation through the shockwave Flash Object control in Powerpoint. However, in many cases, the demonstration document also requires video assistance. Below weThis article describes how to insert a video in PowerPoint 2007..

Direct insertion

This is the simplest method. This method is used to insert a video. Only the video screen is displayed in the demo interface, which is similar to inserting an image. It can be said that this is a seamless insert, and the effect is quite good, but the limitations are also great. First, this method only supports the insertion of Windows Media videos such as AVI, MPEG, and WMV, but not other formats such as RMVB. Second, when you use this method to insert a video, you can only implement pause and playback control during the demonstration. If you want to freely select the playback time, you can do nothing. Once you switch to another slide, you can switch back, the video will automatically stay at the start part, which is inconvenient.

Method: In PowerPoint 2007, click the "insert" tab, click "movie in the movie/file", open the "Insert movie dialog box", select a movie file, and click "OK, the first frame of the inserted video appears on the slide. You can select the video to scale the video size. PowerPoint 2007 provides two playback modes: one is automatic playback during the screening, the other is click playback during the screening, and the other one is your need.

Windows Media Player control method

If you want to freely control the video playback progress, use the Windows Media Player control method. The simple playback interface of Windows Media Player is displayed on the slide. Use the control bar of the Player, you can freely control the video progress and sound size. Double-click can automatically switch to the full-screen playback status, which is no different from watching a video with Windows Media Player.

Step 1:Enable the control function. By default, the control function of PowerPoint 2007 is in the hidden state. Therefore, you must enable the control function before using this method. In PowerPoint 2007, click the OFFICE button, select "PowerPoint options", open the "PowerPoint options" setting box, and select the "show Development Tools" tab in the "common" option ", click "OK" and return to the PowerPoint 2007 editing interface. A new tab is displayed on the functional area, that is, "Development Tools ".

Step 2:Insert a video. Click to activate the "development tools" tab, click "other controls" in the "controls" item, a dialog box is displayed, select "Windows Media Player", and click "OK ", the mouse changes to "+". Drag the mouse to display the playback interface of Windows Media Player in the slide. Right-click and choose "properties". The dialog box is displayed, in the URL field, enter the path and full name of the video file (if the video file and the slide file are in the same folder, you do not need to enter the path ). The "attribute" box is closed and the setting is successful.

Tips:After you insert a video in rmvb format, you will find that the video cannot be opened because Windows Media Player does not support this format. You can solve this problem by installing the FFDshow decoder. After installing the decoder, you can also embed a video in FLV format.