Adding video clips to your slides is accomplished the same way as adding sound files.  Video clips can be either animated .GIF’s or digital videos created with digital equipment.  PowerPoint supports several types of video formats:

·    Quicktime

·    AVI

·    ASF

·    MPEG

·    MPG

·    WMV

·    Animated Gifs

·    MP3

·    Mov

With the exception of Animated Gif files, you can edit the movie object to rewind when finished and to continue looping.  After inserting a video file, you can then change the size and location of the file just as you would when working with a placeholder object.

To Add a Video Clip to a Slide from the Clip Organizer:

1.   Activate the slide into which you wish to insert the video file.

2.   Click the Insert tab on the Ribbon.

3.   Click the arrow on the Movie button.

4.   Click Movie from Clip Organizer from the button menu.

5.   Click the desired video file in the Clip Art Task Pane.

6.   Click Automatically if you want to video clip to automatically play when the slide is displayed or When Clicked if you want to the video to play only when the icon is clicked.

7.   Size and move the object as desired.

8.   Set additional Movie options from the contextual Options tab under Movie Tools.

To Add a Video Clip to a Slide from a File:

1.   Activate the slide into which you wish to insert the video file.

2.   Click the Insert tab on the Ribbon.

3.   Click the arrow on the Movie button.

4.   Click Movie from file from the button menu.

5.   Navigate to the folder where your video file is stored.

6.   Highlight the movie file that you wish to insert and then click OK.

7.   Click Automatically if you want to movie to automatically play when the slide is displayed or When Clicked if you want to the movie to play only when the icon is clicked (you will not be prompted for animated gifs).

8.   Size and move the object as desired.

9.   Set additional Movie options from the contextual Options tab under Movie Tools.

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