Embedding video clip is easy like never before in PowerPoint’s latest avatar, the soon-to-come 2010 edition. There are quite a few articles in this blog on the subject.
One aspect relating to the embedding of video in PowerPoint 2010 has been that unlike audio, the video cannot be made to play across several slides. That clearly looks like a disadvantage on the surface. Scratch a little deep and you may find some workaround as I attempt to show in the video below.
The basic premise lies in the logic that if you don’t want an embedded video in PowerPoint to run its full course, simply break it to as many clips as necessary. Each clip will then play one after another as you arrange them.
What is commendable is that you can arrange to play as many video clips you want in a single slide. Since the videos will be made to start automatically, they will seamlessly play one after another as if they are not separate at all.
Take a look at the video.
Advantages Of Small Video Clips
You can now embed video in PowerPoint 2010 from 3 sources
For me, the main advantage of embedding smaller video clips in PowerPoint is that I can push in one or more slides between the videos if necessary.
One may give many reasons for doing that. An example is a marketing presentation, wherein the video inputs are interspersed with static or dynamic slides on relevant field data.
Similarly, a scientific presentation that involves both data support and video explanation may need breaking up videos to smaller clips before they are embedded in PowerPoint.
If done well, video-supported PowerPoint slide-shows can be quite convincing to the viewers when presented in person. The same goes for PowerPoint to video when the latter is embedded in a web page for online viewing.
Are there other ways of doing this work? We’ll look into it in one of the forthcoming articles.
If you have a different take on the subject, do favor us by sending your comments below. Thank you.
 This article of April 25th, 2010 is authored by Partha Bhattacharya, who runs this website. Catering to the clients' video needs aside, Partha also writes guest articles for other web publications. |
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