How to play media clips by using Windows Media Player Power Point 2003

How to play media clips by using Windows Media Player

To play media clips in PowerPoint by using Windows Media Player, follow these steps, as appropriate for the version of PowerPoint that you are running.

Microsoft PowerPoint 2000, Microsoft PowerPoint 2002, and Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2003

1.	Start PowerPoint, and then open the presentation that you want.
2.	On the View menu, point to Toolbars, and then click Control Toolbox if it is not already selected.
3.	In the Control Toolbox, click More Controls.
4.	In the list of controls, click Windows Media Player.
5.	Click anywhere in your slide, and then draw a box by using your mouse pointer to create a Windows Media Player control.
6.	In the Control Toolbox, click the Properties button.
7.	In the File Name box of the Properties dialog box, type the path and name of the file that you want to play, and then press ENTER. For example, type the following line to play the movie file Mymovie.avi from the desktop: c:\windows\desktop\mymovie.avi
8.	Close the Properties dialog box.

The media clip now plays automatically when you view the slide. You can also change other properties of the clip, such as looping and size, in the Properties dialog box.

Note To add a movie by using Windows Media Player version 9.0 and later versions of Windows Media Player, click the Custom property in the Properties dialog box, and then click the ellipsis button (...). Locate the movie file that you want to play. Select the movie, click Open, and then click OK.