How Insert and Edit Videos in PowerPoint

PowerPoint allows you to insert a video onto a slide and play it during your presentation. This is a great way to make your presentation more engaging for your audience. You can even edit the video within PowerPoint, such as trimming its length or adding a fade effect.

To insert a video from a file:

1. From the Insert tab, click the Video drop-down arrow, then select Video on My PC...

2. Locate and select the video file, then click Insert.

3. The video will be added to the slide.

To insert an online video:

You can embed videos from websites like YouTube. An embedded video is hosted on its original website, which helps keep your PowerPoint file size small. However, you must have an active Internet connection for the video to play during your presentation.

Working with videos

Previewing and Navigating:

1. Click a video to select it.
2. Then use the Play/Pause button. You can click anywhere on the timeline

3. to jump to a different part of the video.

Resizing and Moving:

• Resize: Click and drag the corner handles to maintain the aspect ratio. Side handles will distort the video.

• Move: Click and drag the video to a new location on the slide.

• Delete: Select the video and press the Backspace or Delete key.

Editing and formatting videos

The Playback tab contains options for editing your video file. Note: These features usually do not work for embedded online videos.

To trim a video:

1. Select the video, then click the Playback tab on the ribbon.
2. Click the Trim Video command.

3. A dialog box will appear. Use the green handle to set the start time and the red handle to set the end time.

4. To preview the video, click the Play button.

5. When you're done trimming the video, click Ok

To add Fades and Bookmarks:

• Fade In/Out: Locate the Fade fields on the Playback tab to add a smooth start or end to your video.

• Bookmarks: Clidk the timeline to locate the desired part of the video.

From the Playback tab, click the Add Bookmark command.

The bookmark will appear on the timeline. Click the bookmark to jump to that location.

Video Options:

In the Video Options group on the Playback tab, you can control:

• Volume: Adjust the audio level.
• Start: Choose Automatically or When Clicked.
• Play Full Screen: The video fills the entire screen.
• Loop until Stopped: Replays the video continuously.

Formatting the appearance

Poster Frames:

A poster frame is the static image the audience sees before the video starts. On the Format tab, click Poster Frame and select Current Frame or Image from file.

1. Click the timeline to locate the desired part of the video.
2. From the Format tab, click the Poster Frame command. Select Current Frame from the menu that appears.

3. The current frame will become the poster frame.

If you want to use a picture from your computer, select Image from file.

Video Styles:

1. Select the video, then click the Format tab on the Ribbon.
2. In the Video Styles group, click the More drop-down arrow to display available video styles.

3. Select the desired style.

4. The new style will be applied to the video.

5. The applied style

Challenge!

• Open our practice presentation and save the example video to your computer.
• On slide 2, Insert the example video file.
• Resize the video so it fits neatly next to the text box.
• Apply a Video Style of your choice.
• Trim the video: set the start time to 00:17.5 and the end time to 00:25.
• Add a bookmark somewhere in the middle of your video.