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MS Office Forum / General PowerPoint Questions / August 2006How do I get a Video in v.2000 to work?
I am going thru "insert", "movies and sound", "movie from file" and trying to insert a video that came free with my "Cutting Edge PowerPoint for Dummies" book. When I try to add the video to a slide, the "Object Action" selection under the multimedia tab is grayed so that I cannot click on it to tell the video to play. Any ideas on what I'm doing wrong? (Also, the video plays just fine with my Windows Media Player - it is a Windows Media Audio/Video file. Help, please! That's because a movie file is not an "object" (in the powerpoint sense). You need to click the "play using animation order" and either pause / continue show and then in order and timing set "on click" or "auto"  SignatureDid that answer the question / help? _____________________________ John Wilson Microsoft Certified Office Specialist http://www.technologytrish.co.uk/ppttipshome.html > I am going thru "insert", "movies and sound", "movie from file" and trying to > insert a video that came free with my "Cutting Edge PowerPoint for Dummies" [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > > Help, please! Thanks for your suggestion. I tried those things but it still didn't play. In the text I am using to go by(CEPPFD), it instructs me to "change the Object Action to Play" under the multimedia tab. This option is grayed and I can't. Any idea, anyone, on how to get this to not be grayed and unavailable to me? > That's because a movie file is not an "object" (in the powerpoint sense). You > need to click the "play using animation order" and either pause / continue [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > > > > Help, please! Hi Christy Are you on page 226? The instructions for 2000 there refer to videos added by the object method as described on pg 224 NOT the method that you have used. My instructions should have worked so my guess is the link path to the video is too long to work. Copy the video to the same folder as the presentation and try to insert again (pg 228). Get back if it doesn't work SignatureDid that answer the question / help? _____________________________ John Wilson Microsoft Certified Office Specialist http://www.technologytrish.co.uk/ppttipshome.html > Thanks for your suggestion. I tried those things but it still didn't play. > [quoted text clipped - 16 lines] > > > > > > Help, please! You're right - I was on page 226. Since it is not working for me to get the video to play once inserted as an object (and I did move the file to the folder where my presentation is), and I can't get it to play if inserted as a movie file, how do you suggest I insert it? I feel like I could pull my hair out -- I'm not usually this thick! Could you walk me through the process from the beginning? Cheers- Cristy > Hi Christy > [quoted text clipped - 24 lines] > > > > > > > > Help, please! If its in the same folder insert> movies and sounds > movie from file and then follow my original instructions. in timing choose automatically SignatureDid that answer the question / help? _____________________________ John Wilson Microsoft Certified Office Specialist http://www.technologytrish.co.uk/ppttipshome.html > You're right - I was on page 226. Since it is not working for me to get the > video to play once inserted as an object (and I did move the file to the [quoted text clipped - 34 lines] > > > > > > > > > > Help, please! Cristy, Have a look at the tutorial I put together on PowerPoint and media. http://www.pfcmedia.com/Tutorial.htm Austin Myers MS PowerPoint MVP Team Provider of PFCMedia http://www.pfcmedia.com >I am going thru "insert", "movies and sound", "movie from file" and trying >to [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > > Help, please! Thanks, Austin. I went to the site, but it was over my head. I guess what I really need is a simple instruction guide, i.e., 1-click on "x", 2 choose "y", etc. Do you think it's possible that the videos that came on my free "bonus" CD aren't supposed to be used by the consumer in a presentation afterall? Cristy > Cristy, > [quoted text clipped - 20 lines] > > > > Help, please! Ok, lets take it a step at a time. 1. Copy the video file you wish to use to the same folder your presentation is in. (This folder must have a short path. IE: C:\test) 2. In the PowerPoint menu Click Insert > Movies and Sounds > Movie from File. This opens the Windows Explore window. Navigate to the file you just copied into the presentation folder and select it. 3. PowerPoint will ask you if you want to play it automatically, answer yes. That's it. If PowerPoint can play the video it will play when the slide opens in the presentation. If it fails to play then there are other issues as outlined in the tutorial and I would suggest giving PFCMedia a try. This is the very situation it was created to resolve. Won't cost you a thing to try it. <g> Austin Myers MS PowerPoint MVP Team Provider of PFCMedia http://www.pfcmedia.com > Thanks, Austin. I went to the site, but it was over my head. I guess > what I [quoted text clipped - 32 lines] >> > >> > Help, please! I went back and chose a different video from the CD to use and it inserted as a movie file just fine. I have no idea what's different between that one and the one I tried to use before -- but now, at least, I have experience in inserting a video. Thanks for your help, John and Austin! Cristy > Thanks, Austin. I went to the site, but it was over my head. I guess what I > really need is a simple instruction guide, i.e., 1-click on "x", 2 choose [quoted text clipped - 28 lines] > > > > > > Help, please! phew!! Signature_____________________________ John Wilson Microsoft Certified Office Specialist http://www.technologytrish.co.uk/ppttipshome.html > I went back and chose a different video from the CD to use and it inserted as > a movie file just fine. I have no idea what's different between that one and [quoted text clipped - 35 lines] > > > > > > > > Help, please! |
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