Tips for audio and video in Microsoft PowerPoint 2010
For a lively presentation and attract viewers, in addition to the elements: content, nice effects, you need to add some audio and video illustrations fit your slide show. The following article will discuss some helpful tips for the insertion and management of audio and video on the slide.
1. Insert the audio and video in several ways
PowerPoint 2010 offers users three simple ways to insert audio (video) into the slide show: insert from a file on your computer, insert from the Clip Art library, recorded audio. To insert an audio (or video) from a file on your computer or from a file on local network, you do: click on the Insert menu and then click Audio (or Video) of the Media section, select Audio from File (or Video from File), browse to the file you want to insert, click Insert. Microsoft PowerPoint 2010 support audio format: ADTS Audio, MP4 Audio, aiff, au, midi, mp3, wav and wma; video formats: asf, avi, QuickTime Movie, Video MP4, mpeg, wmv and the Adobe Flash Media . Also, you can insert a video from the Internet address associated with copying the embed code provided by the website that contains video, for example: <embed src=http://abc.com/video.wmv type=”application/x-shockwave-flash” width=”425″ height=”350″></embed> .
2. Create captions for audio and video
If you add subtitles to the audio or video will help viewers understand more about what the speaker meant. Stamp With add-in allows inserting subtitles directly into the audio and video in the slide show without having to undergo intermediate processing steps. This free utility with a capacity of 1.52 MB only supports Microsoft PowerPoint 2010, you can download at: http://sourceforge.net/projects/stamp-addin. Once downloaded, you proceed to extract and double click your mouse on the executable file to install. Note, you need to close the Office application window is open.