text box in front of movie

[Guest]

I've inserted a movie from file onto a slide and I need a couple of text boxes to then be displayed in front (on top) of the playing movie - but whatever I try, the text boxes will only appear (or not) behind the movie?? What am I doing wrong??

 

[Sonia]

You aren't doing anything wrong. Movies in PowerPoint are always on top.
The only work around would be to edit the movie to incorporate the text, or
place the text on the slide outside of the area occupied by the movie.
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Sonia, MS PowerPoint MVP Team
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I've inserted a movie from file onto a slide and I need a couple of text

boxes to then be displayed in front (on top) of the playing movie - but
whatever I try, the text boxes will only appear (or not) behind the movie??
What am I doing wrong??

 

[John Langhans [MSFT]]

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Hello,

PowerPoint does not have the capability to display anything in front of a
playing movie (movies will always plays in front regardless of their
z-order position in the slide when edited).

If you (or anyone else reading this message) feel strongly that some kind
feature for allowing other slide contents to be displayed in front of
playing movies, don't forget to send your feedback (in YOUR OWN WORDS,
please) to Microsoft at:

http://register.microsoft.com/mswish/suggestion.asp

It's VERY important that, for EACH wish, you describe in detail, WHY it is
important TO YOU that your product suggestion be implemented. A good wish
submssion includes WHAT scenario, work-flow, or end-result is blocked by
not having a specific feature, HOW MUCH time and effort ($$$) is spent
working around a specific limitation of the current product, etc. Remember
that 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 so that we can FEEL YOUR PAIN.

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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