Video timings in PP2002

[Carl Wakeman]

In PowerPoint 2000 you could add a video, set it to play and then set the
slide transition to advance automatically immediately after the video
stopped (no timings needed).
I am new to 2002 and trying to get my head round this - but I cannot see
anyway to advance automatically the instant the video ends. Do you have to
set the timing of the slide to exactly the length of the vid - and if so
does this work well?

 

[Guest]

In PowerPoint 2000 you could add a video, set it to play and then set the
slide transition to advance automatically immediately after the video
stopped (no timings needed).

To tell the truth, I don't ever recall that being an option in any version of PPT, Carl. I may be misremembering wrt video specifically, but I know there was never a way to trigger a transition following an animation -- in fact, that's a feature I've requested for future versions of PPT.

Oh, wait. I bet you mean putting in a transition shorter than the duration of the video. That will cause the slide to transition immediately after the video finishes.

I am new to 2002 and trying to get my head round this - but I cannot see
anyway to advance automatically the instant the video ends. Do you have to
set the timing of the slide to exactly the length of the vid - and if so
does this work well?

Try setting the slide transition to shorter than the video. So if you have a 10-second video clip, see if a 7-second transition causes the slide to move after the video finishes. That works here in PPT 2003, anyway.

 

[Carl Wakeman]

Your right, I did mean about putting the transition shorter than the vid in
2000. But the same trick does not work in 2002. Sounds like they changed it
back for 2003 - guess I might have to use that for this project unless you
have any other ideas...

To tell the truth, I don't ever recall that being an option in any version

of PPT, Carl. I may be misremembering wrt video specifically, but I know
there was never a way to trigger a transition following an animation -- in
fact, that's a feature I've requested for future versions of PPT.

Oh, wait. I bet you mean putting in a transition shorter than the duration

of the video. That will cause the slide to transition immediately after the
video finishes.

Try setting the slide transition to shorter than the video. So if you have

a 10-second video clip, see if a 7-second transition causes the slide to
move after the video finishes. That works here in PPT 2003, anyway.

--
Echo [MS PPT MVP]
http://www.echosvoice.com
presenter, PPT Live '04
Oct 10-13, San Diego http://www.powerpointlive.com

 

[Guest]

I reformatted my hard drive a couple of weeks ago and haven't yet reinstalled Office XP (PPT 2002). I'll have to mess with it this weekend, but off the top of my head, I don't have any other ideas.

--
Echo [MS PPT MVP]
http://www.echosvoice.com
presenter, PPT Live '04
Oct 10-13, San Diego http://www.powerpointlive.com

Your right, I did mean about putting the transition shorter than the vid in
2000. But the same trick does not work in 2002. Sounds like they changed it
back for 2003 - guess I might have to use that for this project unless you
have any other ideas...

To tell the truth, I don't ever recall that being an option in any version

of PPT, Carl. I may be misremembering wrt video specifically, but I know
there was never a way to trigger a transition following an animation -- in
fact, that's a feature I've requested for future versions of PPT.

Oh, wait. I bet you mean putting in a transition shorter than the duration

of the video. That will cause the slide to transition immediately after the
video finishes.

Try setting the slide transition to shorter than the video. So if you have

a 10-second video clip, see if a 7-second transition causes the slide to
move after the video finishes. That works here in PPT 2003, anyway.

--
Echo [MS PPT MVP]
http://www.echosvoice.com
presenter, PPT Live '04
Oct 10-13, San Diego http://www.powerpointlive.com