PowerPoint Presentation : Inserting a Movie Clip

Presentation allows the user to add movie clips to  the presentation in order to make  the  presentation colourful and meaningful. You can sum-up any of your views using a power point presentation saved with an extension of .ppt. In the same way you can  insert movies or YouTube videos  downloaded from the Internet.  In  this  post  you will  learn  how  to  insert  a movie  clip  in  slides.  Open  a  new  file  using presentation software.


 You can insert a movie in two ways:

• Using Insert tab 
• Using Title and Content Layout Option

Click on Movie option under Media clips group in the Insert tab, a drop down appears  as shown below.

 

You  can  select  the Movie  from  File…  option  to  insert  the movie  clip  that  you  have  already downloaded from the Internet. A dialog box appears as shown below: 

You  can  locate  the  movie  clip  and  click  OK  to  insert  the  same  in  the  slide.  The  presentation will be displayed as shown below.

You  can  set  one  of  the  two  options  available  for  playing  the  media  clip,  i.e  Automatically or When Clicked. 
     Alternatively, you can select Movie from Clip Organizer… option to insert the movie clips that are available under Clip Organizer. Doing so displays the clip art task pane as shown below:

You can select any of  the movies available and  insert  it  in  the  slide. Once you have  inserted the movie clip in the slide, the presentation will be displayed as shown below.

Using Layout Option 

Open a new file using presentation software and change the layout of the slide. 
     Click on Layout option available under Slides group in the Home tab, a dropdown list  appears as shown below. 

 

Click  on  Title  and  Content  option  and  a  slide will  be  displayed with  the  layout  as  shown below. 

You can insert a movie in the slide by clicking the        icon in the Layout option. Once you click the icon, a dialog appears as shown below.

When you play the slideshow, the movie clip will be played automatically.
So guys this was all a short attempt, in case of any sorts of queries please don't hesitate to comment us. In the same way you can also insert an audio clip in an powerpoint presentation as shown in our next post.