PowerPoint 2016: Audio and Video In Depth

Make your PowerPoint presentations more memorable and engaging by incorporating audio and video.

Introduction

• Enhance the impact of your presentations with audio and video

1. Manage Multimedia Presentations

• Link vs. embed files
• Understand video and audio formats

2. Insert Videos

• Add a video from your computer
• Add a video as an external object
• Link to a YouTube video
• Insert a video using an action button

3. Edit Videos

• Trim a video
• Add fades
• Crop a video
• Select a poster frame
• Adjust brightness and contrast
• Apply a color cast to a video
• Add video bookmarks

4. Format Videos

• Resize a video
• Play a video in a shape
• Use a video as a slide background

5. Apply Video Effects

• Apply a preset video style
• Design a border
• Add shadows
• Add reflections
• Add glow effects
• Add soft edges
• Apply a 3D rotation
• Apply bevels and 3D formatting
• Use Format Painter

6. Add Audio Clips

• Add an audio file from your computer
• Record directly into PowerPoint
• Play audio in an external application
• Trim an audio clip

7. Set Video and Audio Playback Options

• Set the volume
• Play a clip automatically
• Play video full screen
• Hide the audio clip icon
• Loop a video or audio clip
• Rewind after playing
• Delay playback
• Show and hide media controls
• Trigger playback with objects
• Play content across multiple slides

8. Save Multimedia Presentations

• Compress media files
• Save as a movie
• Extract media asset files

Conclusion

• Further information