After inserting a video clip
into PowerPoint, you can play the clip with minute control over its volume, looping, rewinding, etc. Rather
than create smaller tutorials that explore these options, we are exploring them all on this page. Before we do
so, it's important to understand that these abilities only exist so that you can use them when they are
required, rather than using them just because they exist!
In this tutorial, we'll explore all these advanced
options for video clips in PowerPoint 2016:
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Open your presentation, and navigate to the required slide where you have already
inserted a video clip. Just select
or double-click the video clip to bring up the two contextual Video Tools tabs in the
Ribbon. These two tabs are Format and Playback. Click the Playback tab to activate
it, as shown in Figure 1 (highlighted in blue).
Figure 1: Video Options group within the Video Tools Playback tab
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Within the Video Tools Playback tab, locate the Video Options group,
as shown in Figure 1, above.
Within this group you'll find all the advanced video options that are explained
below, as marked within Figure 1, above:
A. Volume
This button enables you to set the volume for your video clip. Click the
down-arrow of the Volume button to bring a drop-down menu, as shown in
Figure 2. Within the Volume drop-down menu, choose one of the following
options: Low, Medium, High, and Mute.
Figure 2: Volume drop-down menu
Note that you are restricted to setting the volume at only the Low, Medium,
and High levels using the Volume drop-down menu. On the other hand, you
can set the volume to whichever level you want by clicking on the Volume button on the
Player Controls bar below the actual video clip on the slide, as shown in the bottom right of
Figure 3.
Figure 3: Volume button in the Player Controls bar
B. Start
Here you can specify how you want your video to start during your presentation.
Click the Start list to bring up a drop-down menu, as shown in Figure 4.
Figure 4: Start drop-down menu
There are two options within the Start drop-down menu:
Automatically: Plays your video when the slide (containing the video) appears in
Slide Show view, automatically. If other events are set to occur
before your video plays, you can find them all within the
Animation Timeline.
On Click: Plays your video by clicking on the video itself in
Slide Show view.
Note: There was one more option in PowerPoint 2007 with in the
Start
drop-down list called
Play Across Slides, that has been removed in PowerPoint 2010, 2013, and 2016. Fortunately it is
easy to get back that option with a workaround we explain in our
Playing Video Across Slides in PowerPoint 2016 for
Windows tutorial.
C. Play Full Screen
Select this check-box to play your video clip so that it fills the entire screen area in Slide Show view. Note that once
the video clip has finished playing, the sequence moves back to the active slide so that you can move to any other slide, as required.
Note: The full screen option works differently for different video formats and individual files. Formats such as AVI
and MOV typically play full screen. Other file formats such as MPG, MP4,and WMV video clip may fit the height or width of the screen.
D. Hide While Not Playing
Select this check-box to hide your video clip in Slide Show view. This option makes sense only if you set the
Start option for the video to be Automatically.
E. Loop until Stopped
Plays your video repeatedly and continuously when the active slide is shown.
F. Rewind after Playing
Select this check-box to rewind your video after playing during your presentation. Choosing this option is helpful if you need to play the
same clip more than once during your presentation.
- Choose options based on your requirements. Make sure you save your presentation.
See Also:
Advanced Video Options in PowerPoint 2013 for Windows
Advanced Video Options in PowerPoint 2010 for Windows
