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MS Office Forum / General PowerPoint Questions / October 20062 questions for Powerpoint (Microsoft XP)
Hi all, I'm facing two challenges in a Powerpoint XP presentation I'm creating. 1, how do I add a piece of video and have it play when its slide hits? This is for an automated presentation. 2, I have a slide with a bunch of animations, how do I get the music to start at the top of the slide and still have all the animations I created run? I have about 20 animations and the music all on one slide. Please let me know if either of these questions are unclear and I can be more specific. Thanks! Scott OK I got the music to play along all slides. I still have the video issue. Thanks, Scott > Hi all, > [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] > > Scott When you insert the video, choose "play automatically" when prompted. You can set this up manually, but just choosing when you insert it is really the easiest.  SignatureEcho [MS PPT MVP] http://www.echosvoice.com What's new in PPT 2007? http://www.echosvoice.com/2007.htm Fixing PowerPoint Annoyances http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/powerpointannoy/ > OK I got the music to play along all slides. I still have the video > issue. [quoted text clipped - 20 lines] >> >> Scott Hmm... I didn't see that as an option... I used the "Insert Movie Clip" option... Is that the best way to do this? > When you insert the video, choose "play automatically" when prompted. You > can set this up manually, but just choosing when you insert it is really the [quoted text clipped - 24 lines] > >> > >> Scott Insert > movies and sounds > movie from file is probably the best way but you should see Echo's option both ways. SignatureDid that answer the question / help? _____________________________ John Wilson Microsoft Certified Office Specialist http://www.technologytrish.co.uk/ppttipshome.html > Hmm... I didn't see that as an option... I used the "Insert Movie Clip" > option... Is that the best way to do this? [quoted text clipped - 27 lines] > > >> > > >> Scott I'm not familar with "Insert Movie Clip." Do you mean Insert|Object? If so, then you may not be prompted. Use Insert|Movie|Movie from File to get the prompt. If you are using Insert|Object, we can probably still set up the animation settings to open the object automatically, but I'd have to experiment to make sure it works the way I think it should. Basically, you'd select the object on the slide and in the custom animation task pane, choose Add Effect|Object Actions. See what actions you have available. Then make sure the start (in the task pane) is set to "with previous" -- or "after previous," if the video object is the first thing in the animation list on the slide. SignatureEcho [MS PPT MVP] http://www.echosvoice.com What's new in PPT 2007? http://www.echosvoice.com/2007.htm Fixing PowerPoint Annoyances http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/powerpointannoy/ > Hmm... I didn't see that as an option... I used the "Insert Movie Clip" > option... Is that the best way to do this? [quoted text clipped - 32 lines] >> >> >> >> Scott I'm sorry, I meant that I used Insert|Movie|Movie from File... How do I get it to automatically play? It will be the first slide. Scott > I'm not familar with "Insert Movie Clip." Do you mean Insert|Object? If so, > then you may not be prompted. Use Insert|Movie|Movie from File to get the [quoted text clipped - 45 lines] > >> >> > >> >> Scott Well, when you use Insert|Movie|Movie from File, you should get a dialog box that pops up and says, "Do you want the movie to play automatically or when clicked? Choose Automatically. To do this manually, right-click the movie and choose Custom Animation to open the animation task pane. Click Add Effect and choose Movie Actions|Play. The "play" will then show up in the animation task pane, by default set to start "on click." Click the dropdown next to "on click" and change it to "automatically." SignatureEcho [MS PPT MVP] http://www.echosvoice.com What's new in PPT 2007? http://www.echosvoice.com/2007.htm Fixing PowerPoint Annoyances http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/powerpointannoy/ > I'm sorry, I meant that I used Insert|Movie|Movie from File... How do I > get [quoted text clipped - 60 lines] >> >> >> >> >> >> Scott > Actions|Play. The "play" will then show up in the animation task pane, by > default set to start "on click." Click the dropdown next to "on click" and > change it to "automatically." Make that "change it to 'with previous.'" SignatureEcho [MS PPT MVP] http://www.echosvoice.com What's new in PPT 2007? http://www.echosvoice.com/2007.htm Fixing PowerPoint Annoyances http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/powerpointannoy/ |
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