best way to show a video clip

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Sara Tanner

I have inserted an mpg file though the insert movie/sound menu. Is this the
best way to insert a movie? Is this the best format? I want to stay in
PowerPoint, and not go out to the media player.

Is there a tuturial somewhere on what triggers are? I don't really
understand what that does and how that differs from animations.


Thanks!


Sara
 
If the video plays within PowerPoint, then that is probably the best way.
Others will have to speak to whether that is the best format.

Triggers are a way to launch an animation. Normally, animations take
place in sequence (one after another) either automatically or via a mouse
click. With triggers, you can set an animation to happen when an object
is clicked. For example, if I have two shapes, and I want one to appear
when the other is clicked, I would set a normal animation for the one I
want to appear. But for the Timing, I would select Triggers and choose
the other shape as the Trigger. Imagine a multiple choice question with
three buttons for the choices. One button (for the correct answer) could
trigger a star to appear. The other buttons could trigger a text box to
appear with words to the effect of: "Try again." A fourth button could
be for extra help and trigger another text box to appear with a hint.

Here is a Web site that might help you further:

http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/assistance/HA010873001033.aspx

Note that triggers only work in 2002 and 2003, not in earlier versions.
Also, if you are distributing the presentation to people without
PowerPoint, they will need the 2003 Viewer.

--David

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David M. Marcovitz
Director of Graduate Programs in Educational Technology
Loyola College in Maryland
Author of _Powerful PowerPoint for Educators_
http://www.loyola.edu/education/PowerfulPowerPoint/
 
If you are ready for a little research, here is PPT MVP Austin Myer's in
depth info on movies and PPT. This will give you all the info to become an
expert.
http://www.rdpslides.com/pptfaq/FAQ00099.htm

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