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Hello Paul,
Hello Paul,
Media files inserted in PowerPoint using the "Insert -> Movies and sounds"
command do not have the option to display playback controls (timeline,
play, pause, etc.).
However, if you are using PowerPoint 2002 or 2003 you can use Action
Buttons and animation effect trigger settings to draw your own play, pause
and stop buttons for any media object inserted this way (but not a
timeline).
However, in all versions for PowerPoint for Windows another alternative is
to use the Insert -> Object command (choose "Media Clip" as the object
type).
1) Insert -> Object (choose "Media Clip" and click "OK")
2) When the player menus appear choose the type of clip (such as "Video for
Windows") from the "Insert Clip" menu then browse to the media file, select
it and click "Open"
3) Choose "Options" from the "Edit" menu and make sure that "Control bar on
playback" is selected (play, pause and timeline), then click OK.
4) Click on the slide area outside of the media clip to return back to
PowerPoint menus.
Since, for this method, you are not using PowerPoint's built-in "Movies and
Sounds" command, you will have to manually set Custom Animation effects for
the Media Clip object (if you want it to play automatically) and/or Action
Settings for the object (if you want it to play when you click on it).
If you (or anyone else reading this message) think it's important that
PowerPoint provide an easier way to display media playback controls during
slide show and/or have some suggestions about how these controls should
look, behave, etc., don't forget to send your feedback (in YOUR OWN WORDS,
please) to Microsoft at:
http://register.microsoft.com/mswish/suggestion.asp
As with all product suggestions, it's important that you not just state
your wish but also WHY it is important to you that your product suggestion
be implemented by Microsoft. Microsoft receives thousands of product
suggestions every day and we read each one but, in any given product
development cycle, there are only sufficient resources to address the ones
that are most important to our customers so take the extra time to state
your case as clearly and completely as possible.
IMPORTANT: Each submission should be a single suggestion (not a list of
suggestions)
John Langhans
Microsoft Corporation
Supportability Program Manager
Microsoft Office PowerPoint for Windows
Microsoft Office Picture Manager for Windows
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