Learn to add trigger animations for audio and video actions in PowerPoint 2013 for Windows. Using these options, you can create media play, pause, and stop buttons easily within PowerPoint slides.
Author: Geetesh Bajaj
Product/Version: PowerPoint 2013 for Windows
OS: Microsoft Windows 7 and higher
When you share a presentation via email rather than delivering it in-person or virtually, you should consider an interactive presentation. An interactive PowerPoint presentation always interests audiences since it gets them involved actively navigating the slides. However, audiences must be aware that some interactivity has been included so that they can click a slide object to cause an action to happen. With trigger animations, you click on a PowerPoint shape, or even an Action Button or any other slide object to cause an audio or video clip on the same slide to play, pause, resume, or even stop.
We assume that you have already added some actions to play, pause, or stop your media. Depending upon the type of media you are using, explore these tutorials to learn how you can add actions to them:
The procedure explained in this tutorial is for a video clip, but these techniques work the same way for audio clips. Follow these steps to add Trigger animations for Media Actions in PowerPoint 2013 for Windows:
See Also:
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