Special Edition Using Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2007

Chapter 14. Working with Media Clips

Geetesh Bajaj

In this chapter

• Exploring Sound and Video 246

• Sound Formats 246

• Movie Formats 247

• Inserting Media Clips 248

• Tweaking Sounds or Movies 252

• Playing a CD Audio Track 253

• Recording Sounds 254

• Linking Media Files 255

• Troubleshooting 257

• Design Corner: Make PowerPoint Play Your Play List 257

Exploring Sound and Video

Sound and movies bring the world of multimedia to PowerPoint so that you can enhance your slides with these media elements. Before going further, there are two things you need to remember:

• Sound and movie clips need more system resources to perform—so make sure that you have a powerful computer.

• Add sound and movies only if you believe it will enhance the value of your presentation, and if you have relevant ...