Adding Video Narration to Power Point Presentation

This is definitely a way to put your PowerPoint Presentation in the thin air above other plain PowerPoint presentations.

Recording your video narration and embedding it into your PowerPoint slide show is available in most versions of PowerPoint from Microsoft. For those early versions that do not support embedded video, there are free after-market software packages that can perform the same function.

The secret to success is to record video separately for each slide, saving that video segment with a unique filename, then insert that video into its respective slide in the presentation.

Remember to SAVE your project after each insertion to make sure you don't lose something important should PowerPoint bollix.

To insert a video file into PowerPoint

• Open your presentation in PowerPoint and select a slide.

• From the ribbon bar, click Insert > Video > Video on my PC.
  
  

• Locate the video file on your PC in the Insert Video box, then click the Insert button to insert it into your presentation.

• You’ll need to use a supported video format like mp4 or convert your video to that format before inserting it. Convert your video to mp4 using a video conversion tool like Freemake, HandBrake or Any Video Converter.

• PowerPoint 2013, 2016, and 2019 are all compatible with most video formats, especially MP4, while WMV is recommended for PowerPoint 2010. But all four versions can embed videos directly into slides, so don't worry if you don't have the newest version.
  
  

 

• You can then change how your video will play during your presentation from the Video Tools section on the ribbon bar. Click the Playback tab to access your video playback settings.
  
  

 

• To loop the video while the slide is in view during your live presentation, click the Loop until Stopped check box to enable it.
  
  

 

• If you want the video to be full screen during playback, click to enable the Play Full-Screen checkbox.
  
  

 

• You can also set how your video file will begin playing, which, by default, is set to In Click Sequence.

• Choose When Clicked On from the Start dropdown menu to play your video when you click on it during your presentation. To play your inserted video automatically, select the “Automatically” option instead.