Insert video in PowerPoint
In PowerPoint, you can spice up lectures by inserting videos into your presentation. This practical tip explains two methods for this.
- Click the "Add media clip" icon in the content field of the desired slide.
- Now select the video you want to insert and confirm below on "Insert".
- The video has now been inserted and you can scale it as usual or apply effects to it.
- Click on "Insert" in the menu bar.
- Now select the "Video" item and then go to "Video from file ..."
- Now search for the desired video and insert it into the presentation with "Paste".
The tip was carried out on a PC with Office 2010, the process may vary slightly for other versions. When you insert your videos, there may be problems with missing codes. The formats that are best supported are AVI, MPEG and WMV. If you want to convert videos into another format, the free program "XMedia Recode" is suitable for this.