Sunday, May 18, 2008

How to play media clips in PowerPoint by using Windows Media Player Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2007

Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2007

1.

In Normal view in PowerPoint, display the slide on which you want to play the animation.

2.

Click the Microsoft Office Button, and then click PowerPoint Options.

3.

Click Popular, click to select the Show Developer tab in the Ribbon check box under Top options for working with PowerPoint, and then click OK.

4.

On the Developer tab, click More Controls in the Controls group.

5.

In the list of controls, click Windows Media Player, click OK, and then drag on the slide to draw the control.

6.

Resize the control by dragging the sizing handles.

7.

Right-click the Windows Media Player object, and then click Properties.

8.

On the Alphabetic tab, click the URL property.

9.

In the value column, type the full drive path. Make sure that you include the file name or the URL that links to the movie file that you want to play.

An example of a file name is as follows:

C\:MyFile.avi

Note The value column is the blank cell next to Movie.

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