video background with text on top

[Taz]

Is it possible in powerpoint to have a video/movie clip
run with text on top?

 

[TAJ Simmons]

No.

 

[Chirag]

Its not possible natively within PowerPoint. There are a couple of options
though:
1. You can use the Text Box control over the video. It would stay on top of
the video. For this, turn on the VBA controls toolbar by selecting "View" |
"Toolbars" | "Control Toolbox". Use the "Text Box" control from this
toolbar.
2. Look at my free TransparentShow addin from
http://www.mvps.org/chirag/addins.html - it can make certain color on the
slide as transparent to enable you to see the things behind the slide show.
Using this, you can start the video within Windows Media Player and have the
slide show running over it using TransparentShow.

- Chirag

PowerShow - View multiple shows simultaneously
http://officeone.mvps.org/powershow/powershow.html

 

[Glen Millar]

Hi,

In addition, you can use text over movement incorporated into an animated
gif, although quality can be poor. Also, only works for PowerPoint 2000
onwards.

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Glen Millar
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[John Langhans [MSFT]]

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Hello,

PowerPoint does not have the capability natively 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

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).d be a single suggestion (not a list of suggestions).

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Microsoft Corporation
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