1. Methods of inserting flash videos into PowerPoint

2. Inserting videos into PPT

3. Several methods of inserting sounds into PowerPoint. 4. Add commentary when making courseware with PowerPoint

Animation, video and audio formats that can be inserted into PPT

Animation: swf gif

Video: avi mpg wmv

Audio: avi mpg wav mid mp3 (some do not support it)

1. How to insert flash videos into PowerPoint

Method 1: Use the control insertion method

1. Call up the toolbox. Operation steps: Start PowerPoint, select - View - Toolbar - Control Toolbox from the main menu. As shown in Figure 1

2. Select "Other Controls" in the control toolbox. The Active X controls installed on the computer will be listed, and find the Shockwave Flash Object control. As shown in Figure 2.

3. At this time, the mouse changes to "+" and draws a box in the slide where the flash animation needs to be inserted. As shown in Figure 3.

4. Right-click the mouse in the box and click Properties, as shown in Figure 4, and then the Shockwave Flash Object property setting bar appears, as shown in Figure 5.

5. Double-click "Customize" with the left button. In the pop-up dialog box, in the input field after the video URL (M), fill in the path and file name of the swf file to be inserted. Of course , it is also possible to directly read swf files on the Internet. As shown in Figure 6.

Note: When filling in the video URL, you need to fill in the file suffix .swf. In addition, select "Embed video" to include the flash animation into the ppt file. When copying the ppt, you do not need to copy the animation file. When the ppt is copied or moved to another computer, the flash can still be displayed normally. If "Embed video" is not selected, you need to copy the animation file and ppt file at the same time, and modify the video URL path. Otherwise, a white frame will appear at the animation position and the animation will not display properly. The author recommends selecting "Embed Video". It can run normally even if the flash player is not installed on the computer.

Save and browse.

Advantages: 1) No need to install flash player; 2) Select "Embed video" in the dialog box shown in Figure 6, then the animation file and ppt file can be combined into one, and they do not need to be copied separately Copy animation files without modifying the path.

Disadvantages: The operation is relatively complicated.

Method 2: Use the object insertion method

1. Create a new presentation after starting PowerPoint;

2. On the page where Flash animation needs to be inserted Click "Insert - Object" on the menu bar, as shown in Figure 7. The Insert Object dialog box appears, click "Create from File - Browse", select the Flash animation file to be inserted, and then confirm, as shown in Figure 8;

3. On the icon where the Flash animation has just been inserted, Right-click the mouse to open the shortcut menu and select "Action Settings", as shown in Figure 9. The Action Settings dialog box appears. You can select "Click the mouse" or "Mouse over". Select "Activate Content" in the "Object Action" item. , click OK, as shown in Figure 10.

Select the "Slide Show → Watch Show" command, and when you move the mouse over the Flash object, you can demonstrate the Flash animation, and the embedded Flash animation can maintain its function unchanged, and the button is still valid. Note: When the ppt file inserted into the flash animation using this method is played, the flash player software (Adobe Flash Player) is started to complete the animation playback, so a flash player must be installed on the computer to run normally.

Advantages: The animation files and ppt files are integrated. When the ppt files are moved or copied, there is no need to move or copy the animation files at the same time, and there is no need to change the path.

Disadvantages: Playback requires a flash player installed on the computer.

Method 3: Use hyperlinks to insert flash animations

1. Create a new presentation after starting PowerPoint;

2. Insert a flash animation on the slide page Images or text are used to edit hyperlinks. In this example we insert a circle.

3. Right-click the "circle" and select "Edit Hyperlink" to enter the hyperlink editing window, as shown in Figure 11. Enter the flash animation file address in the editing window, and finally click OK, as shown in Figure 12.

4. Save the file.

Note: There are three points to note when inserting animations using hyperlinks: 1) Changing the name or storage location of the animation file will cause the hyperlink to "unable to open the specified file". The solution is to copy the animation file together with the file and re-edit the hyperlink.

2) When the ppt is playing, click the hyperlink and the following window will pop up, as shown in Figure 13. The usual method is to click "OK". 3) A flash player must be installed on the computer to play animations normally.

Advantages: Simple operation

Disadvantages: Since ppt and animation files are linked, during the process of copying or moving the ppt file, the animation file must be copied and moved at the same time, and the link must be changed. path. Otherwise, the "Cannot open the specified file" dialog box will appear. In addition, a flash player must be installed on the computer for normal playback.

2. Insert video into PPT

(1) Play the video directly

This playback method is to directly use the video file prepared in advance as a movie file. Insert into the slide, this method is the simplest and most intuitive method. After inserting the video file into the slide using this method, PowerPoint only provides simple [pause] and [resume play] controls, but no There are more operation buttons to choose from. Therefore, this method is especially suitable for PowerPoint beginners. The following are the specific steps:

1. Run the PowerPoint program and open the slide that needs to insert the video file.

2. Move the mouse to the menu bar, click the "Insert" option there, and execute the "Insert Movie File" command from the open drop-down menu.

3. In the file selection dialog box that pops up, select the prepared video file and click the [Add] button to insert the video file into the slide.

4. Use the mouse to select the video file and move it to the appropriate position, then directly click the [Play] button to play the video according to the prompts on the screen, or select the automatic play method.

5. During playback, you can move the mouse to the video window and click once to pause the video. If you want to continue playing, just click again with the mouse.

(2) Insert control to play video

This method is to insert the video file as a control into the slide, and then modify the control properties to achieve the purpose of playing the video. Using this method, there are a variety of operation buttons to choose from, and the playback process can be completely controlled by yourself, making it more convenient and flexible. This method is more suitable for situations where pictures, text, and videos in PowerPoint courseware are on the same page.

1. Run the PowerPoint program and open the slide into which the video file needs to be inserted.

2. Move the mouse to the menu bar, click the "View" option, select "Control Toolbox" from the open drop-down menu, and then select the [Other Controls] button from the lower-level menu.

3. In the control options interface that opens subsequently, select the "Windows Media Player" option, then move the mouse to the editing area of ??PowerPoint, draw a rectangular area of ??appropriate size, and then the area will be It will automatically change to the playback interface of Windows Media Player (Figure 1).

4. Use the mouse to select the playback interface, then right-click the mouse and select the "Properties" command from the pop-up shortcut menu to open the "Properties" window of the media playback interface.

5. In the "Properties" window, correctly enter the detailed path and file name of the video file that needs to be inserted into the slide in the "File Name" setting item. In this way, when the slideshow is opened, the specified video can be played through the [Play] control button.

6. In order to better organize the inserted video files with the slides, you can also modify the positions of the control bar, playback slider bar and video property bar in the "Properties" settings interface.

7. During the playback process, you can control the video through the [Play], [Stop], [Pause] and [Adjust Volume] buttons in the media player.

(3) Insert object to play video

This method inserts the video file as an object into the slide. Different from the above two methods, it can be used as desired. Select the video clip that actually needs to be played, and then play it. The implementation steps are:

1. Open the slide where the video file needs to be inserted, click the "Insert/Object" command to open the "Insert Object" dialog box.

2. After selecting the "New" option, select the "Video Clip" option in the corresponding "Object Type" setting bar, and click the [OK] button (Figure 2).

3. PowerPoint automatically switches to the video property setting state, execute the "Insert Clip/Windows Video" command, and insert the prepared video file into the slide.

4. Execute the "Edit/Options" command to open the option setting box, where you can set whether the video needs to be played in a loop or whether to go backwards after playing, etc. Click [OK] to return to the video properties. Setting interface.

5. Click the video [In Point] button and [Out Point] button in the toolbar to reset the start point and end point of the video file, so that you can select the video clip you want to play. Purpose.

6. Click the blank area of ??the setting interface with the left mouse button to exit the video setting interface and return to the slide editing state. You can also use the preview command to check the editing effect of the video.

3. Several methods of inserting sound into PowerPoint.

(1) Use a certain piece of music as the background music of the entire presentation

If you use PowerPoint to create electronic photo albums or picture albums, people not only want to appreciate the exquisite pictures, but also want to listen to to beautiful and beautiful music. We can perform the following operations on the first slide:

1. Prepare a music file, which can be in WAV, MID or MP3 file format.

2. Execute "Sound from File" in the "Movies and Sounds" option under the "Insert" menu, insert the sound file you selected, and a dialog box will pop up asking whether to show the slideshow. To play the sound file automatically, select "Yes". A "speaker" icon will appear on the slide.

3. Right-click the "speaker" icon with the mouse and select "Custom Animation" in the pop-up shortcut menu.

4. In the "Multimedia Settings" tab of the "Custom Animation" dialog box, make the following settings:

During playback: select "Continue Slide Show"

Stop playing: Select "After XX slides". The specific number of slides after which depends on the number of slides in your photo album or picture album. For example, if the total number is 20, then Enter "20" here.

Then, click the "Other Options..." button on the tab, select "Loop until stopped" in the pop-up dialog box, and then click the "OK" button in turn to close each dialog. box.

4. Add narration when making courseware with PowerPoint

If we want to automatically play the narration of a certain slide when the slide is played, we can use The following method:

1. First record the narration of the slide and save it as a sound file.

2. Select the slide you want to add narration to as the slide of the current operation, and execute the "Slide Switch" command under the "Slide Show" menu.

3. In the pop-up "Slide Switch" dialog box, perform the following operations:

In the drop-down list of "Sound", select "Other Sounds...", and then In the "Add Sound" dialog box that appears, select the sound file you have recorded, click "OK" to close the "Add Sound" dialog box, and then click "Apply" to close the "Slide Switch" dialog box.

If we want the presenter to decide whether to play the sound according to the situation, we can make an interactive button to control the play or stop of the sound. This method is often used in courseware production. The specific steps are as follows:

1. First record the narration of the slide and save it as a sound file.

2. Select the slide you want to add narration to as the slide of the current operation, add two custom buttons on the slide, and add the words "Play Sound" and "Stop Playing Sound" respectively. ".

3. Right-click the "Play Sound" button with the mouse, select the "Action Settings" command in the pop-up shortcut menu, and then the "Action Settings" dialog box appears. On the "Click Mouse" tab Perform the following operations:

Action when clicking the mouse: select "No action";

Play sound: check "√" in front, and select "Other" in the drop-down list Sound", select the sound file you have recorded in the "Add Sound" dialog box that appears, click "OK" to close the "Add Sound" dialog box, and then click "OK" to close the "Action Settings" dialog box box.

4. Right-click the "Stop Playing Sound" button with the mouse, select the "Action Settings" command in the pop-up shortcut menu, and then the "Action Settings" dialog box appears. In the "Click Mouse" tab Perform the following operations:

Action when clicking the mouse: select "No action";

Play sound: check "√" in front, and select " Stop previous sound" and click OK to close the Action Settings dialog box.