in some presentations you may want to
add a video that supports the topic you
are discussing for example and my
company overview presentation I've added
text that explains our mission and now
on slide 3 I want to add a movie that we
created that explains about the high
tech Technology Center as you can see we
have a placeholder that has various
insert commands one of these is the
inserts media clip command when you
click this the inserts movie dialog box
appears from here you can locate the
movie file on your computer and insert
it on the slide if you are working with
a slide that doesn't have this
placeholder or you would prefer to use
the ribbon just click the insert tab and
then locate to the media clips group if
you click the drop down arrow on the
movie commands you will see that you
have two options from here you can
insert a movie from a file on your
computer or a movie from the Microsoft
clip organizer
I'll just go ahead and select movie from
file and the inserts movie dialog box
appears now just locate the file you
want to insert then click the file name
and click OK a dialog box will appear
once you click OK you have to choose
whether you want the movie to start
automatically as soon as a slide appears
in the slideshow view or if you want to
click to make the movie start if you
plan on saying something about the slide
topic before you want the movie to play
it may be a good idea to choose the one
clicked option I want my movie to start
as soon as the slide appears so I'll
click automatically and now the movie is
inserted into the slide right now it
appears black but you
see the real movie footage soon you'll
notice it there are sizing handles
around the movie if you want to resize
it you can click drag and then release
the sizing handles just as you would
with a picture text box or shape you'll
also notice that now there are two
additional tabs on the ribbon a movie
tools options tab and a picture tools
format tab on the options tab you can do
several things you can click the preview
commands in the play group and watch the
movie you can watch the entire clip or
press the preview command again to stop
it you have some options in the movie
options group if you want to change the
volume just click the slideshow volume
commands and select low medium high or
mutes to change the movie volume when we
inserted the movie we chose for it to
play automatically when the slide
appears in the slideshow view we could
change that here if we want to click to
play the movie some of the other options
allow us to hide the movie during the
slideshow which we don't need to do have
the movie loop or replay which we won't
do since we will advance to the next
slide
you may want to play the movie in full
screen where it fills the entire slide
now if you do this you won't see the
title text or you may want to rewind the
movie after it plays this is a good
option if you are going to play the
slideshow in a loop just click a box to
select the option if you change your
mind just click again to deselect the
option now if you want to see how the
slide will work in your actual slideshow
let's select flight to and then click
the slideshow view command the mission
statement slide appears
you can advance to the next slide in
several ways I'm just going to press the
Enter key on my keyboard now as the next
slide appears the movie begins
automatically just as we set it to press
the Escape key on your keyboard to
return to normal view before we discuss
Microsoft movies from the clip organizer
let me just point out the picture tools
format tab you may be wondering why this
tab becomes active when you insert a
movie while most of the commands on this
tab are active they don't really work
like they do with pictures changing the
shape doesn't change the shape of the
entire movie and you can't use the
adjust group to change the brightness of
the entire movie but you can apply a
picture style to the movie which can be
a nice touch let's go ahead to the
mission slide and I'll show you how
these movies from the Microsoft clip
organizer work before we insert a clip
let me change the layout on this slide
and resize my text now I have a
placeholder here that allows me to
insert media clips but this command only
lets me insert files on my computer to
access Microsoft movie clips select the
insert tab click the movie command and
then select movie from clip organizer
the clip art task pane appears on the
right if you click the media file types
drop-down menu you can see that movies
is selected Microsoft provides you with
some movie options or you can visit the
office online sites for more options
you'll see that the movies that
Microsoft provides are really more like
animated picture files compared to the
movie that we just inserted
slide three you search for movie clips
the same way as you do traditional clip
arts I want something related to
computers so I'll enter that in the
search field and then click go here
let's just try this one just click it to
insert it and I can also resize it to
make it a bit bigger to see how this
clip works in the actual slideshow just
click the slideshow view command this is
how it appears now press escape to
return to normal view if you change your
minds and want to delete a movie you
insert it or a clip from the organizer
just select it and then click the Delete
key on your keyboard in fact I think I'm
going to insert a simple picture instead
I think some of the movies in the clip
organizer can look good in a
presentation if it makes sense with your
topic and audience however be careful
not to choose something that looks silly
or cartoonish for a professional
presentation remember just because you
can do something doesn't mean you should
spend some time inserting any of your
own movies and exploring the ones in the
clip organizer
you