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show you how to embed a video into a powerpoint presentation
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powerpoint can be a difficult program to work with and to most people adding a video can seem almost
impossible but we're here to make the impossible possible in just a few clicks we'll teach you how
to make your powerpoint presentation stylish and unique by adding videos let's run through
the step-by-step process now of course you'll need to have powerpoint open on your system
then click the slide where you want the video to appear in normal view on the insert tab
click the arrow under video and select this device choose the video you want to add and
click insert basically by following those three simple steps you'll have a video inserted into
your powerpoint presentation in no time now all that's left to do is show off your presentation
now that you know how to add videos to your presentations let's talk about some extra
tips to make your presentations look even better here's our top five tips
to play a video inside a shape go to a slide with a video already embedded
double-click on the video to open the video tools you'll see the format and playback tabs up the top
choose the format tab if a black rectangle appears instead of your video clip you'll need to add a
poster frame to your video once your video is working click the video shape button and choose
a shape that suits your needs the video will then be constrained to the shape you choose
it's important to play your video at least once to make sure nothing important is cut off
here's how to quickly change presets in just a few steps on the format tab once again click
the more drop down arrow in the video styles group here you can choose a style for your video
to copy formatting the format painter is a fantastic tool that can be found in the clipboard
group on the home tab here's how to use it to copy formatting from one shape image or text to another
select the first object and click format painter to copy the formatting then
select the second shape it is possible that you might have to drag text over
adding extra media is really simple here's how it works
just use the insert option and choose the type of media you want to add it's as simple as that
if you're having trouble inserting videos into powerpoint here's a few things you can try
this feature is included in newer versions of powerpoint and allows
you to save your presentation as a video file directly from powerpoint 2010 or later
to do this go to file and select export then click create a video choose the settings you want
and click create video choose where you'd like your video saved and press export easy as that
you could also try installing a video codec from a third-party source that's compatible with your
videos format powerpoint does support a wide variety of formats but it can still be limited
if you try and play a video or audio file in powerpoint but the format isn't supported
you'll get the codec unavailable error to fix this install a codec pack like codec installer
that can examine media files and find the codec required for powerpoint playback
if your powerpoint file is damaged though you'll need to repair it
here's how to repair damaged powerpoint files with repair it
open repair it on your computer and add all the damaged files by clicking the add button
you can also drag and drop your files directly in this window once the files are uploaded click
the repair button on the bottom right the progress bar will tell you how the repair
is going and once done you'll see the repaired files with options to preview or save the files
well there you have it that's how to embed videos in a powerpoint presentation
and what to do if you get stuck thanks for watching this video and please comment down
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