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You have a great opening movie for your presentation. But at the end of the movie the slide shows black (last frame of movie) until you advance to the next slide. This is the last thing you want to think about as you prepare to present. The solution…
The Animation Pane does not show how long a movie is (like it does for all other animations). Here is one way to check, from inside PowerPoint, for PPT 2003, 2007 and 2010. PPT 2003: 1. Select video 2. Right-click and choose EDIT MOVIE OBJECT…
My sample slide shows 2 movies of heart surgery in action. Both movies are set to play at the same time (July 29 post) and set to loop (July 31 post). But here the presenter wants to talk to the 1st movie, and then click to play the 2nd movie. The fi…
Here is my same sample slide from an earlier post. Because this is a short seamless animated loop it is usually set to loop. Setting a movie to loop takes only a few easy steps. 1. Select movie 2. With the movie selected the VIDEO TOOLS functio…
My sample slide has movies of 2 cardiograms (heart surgery movies). The 1st plays automatic and the 2nd starts after it finishes - which is the typical animation setup I have seen on hundreds of medical slides. To make both movies play simultaneous…
Because the default action requires the mouse to be seen during the presentation - something not allowed in any large stage production, I change the play animation on every movie. Here is my process: 1. Insert the video: INSERT tab >> VIDEO 2.…
PPT 2010 has a different default when inserting videos than previous versions. Basically it no longer asks how you would like the movie to play and simply inserts the movie with a preset play action. Unfortunately, for me, the default action is not the…
Living in Southern California, Hockey is not really a focus for me. But with the excitement of the Winter Olympics hockey match up I was inspired to create this animation example. A popular animation effect used in recently (especially in commercials) i…
Transitions also benefit from #1 - Performance. In my pre-beta version there are a number of new transitions that are really exciting! - Pan (my new animation favorite!) - Gallery - Flip - Ripple - And the full application will have more new tra…
Just like the videos, PPT 2010 supports a whole host of audio formats and embeds them all! Take a look at the audio formats supported (Yes, all flavors of quicktime, .mp3 and more are supported!): PowerPoints backoffice also recognizes when audio…