Videos:

It is easy to insert a video into your PowerPoint presentation. Just follow the steps below.

1. Make sure your video is in one of the file formats that is acceptable to PowerPoint. For a list, click here.

2. Save your video in the same location as you are going to save your presentation (on a memory stick is best).

3. Open PowerPoint, click on the Insert tab and then the Movie button. This will open up a dialogue box where you can browse and select your video. By double clicking your video, this will insert and ask you whether you want it to start automatically or when clicked.

4. Select Automatically if you want the video to start when you open you slide or When Click if you want to discuss it first.

Sound:

The process for inserting sound is much the same as inserting a video. The greatest differences are the file formats and whether you want the sound to continue across slides or be restricted to just one slide.

1. Make sure your audio is in one of the file formats that is acceptable to PowerPoint. For a list, click here.

2. Save your audio in the same location as you are going to save your presentation (on a memory stick is best).

3. Open PowerPoint, click on the Insert tab and then the Sound button. This will open up a dialogue box where you can browse and select your audio. By double clicking your audio, this will insert it and ask you whether you want it to start automatically or when clicked.

4. Select Automatically if you want the audio to start when you open you slide or When Click if you want to discuss it first.

5. In the Sound Tools tab you can change whether you want the sound to begin automatically, when clicked or play across slides by using the drop down menu.

6. The Sound Tools tab also allows you to hide the little sound logo and loop the sound continuously.

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