Friday, August 14, 2009

Top Ten PowerPoint Tips #7

7. ADD VIDEO OR AUDIO CLIPS
As with images, you can resize a video clip as well, using the same techniques described above. There is no reason to have a tiny video window playing on a big slide. It is generally a good idea to fill the entire slide with the video.

As for audio clips, you might have a blank slide, or you might even have the transcript or text showing as the audio plays. If your audio file displays an icon on the screen during the presentation, you can simply move it out of view on the slide layout. It will still play just fine.

One little caveat: Have you ever seen video on a PowerPoint slide that won't play, even though you can see a still picture of the video clip? The reason may be that someone has copied or moved the presentation from one location to another. The program searches for the file, and it's not there.

One way to make sure you include it in a copy is to use PowerPoint's "Pack and Go" or "Package for CD" feature. This feature will ensure that all embedded files are included with the presentation.

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