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=Multimedia in PowerPoint=

The idea of this list of resources is to help you add graphic images, animated images, audio clips and video clips to your PowerPoint presentations. Information about animations within PowerPoint, such as transitioning from one screen to another or having text fly in, and information about narrating your presentation will be found in the general PowerPoint list. These resources are specifically about embedding or linking to multimedia files.

One tool we have recently discovered was //iSpring//, which converts presentations to Flash (.SWF) and allows you to insert Flash objects (and YouTube videos) into PowerPoint presentations. More information about //iSpring// can be found under PowerPoint Plug-Ins on the PowerPoint list.

General Information Graphics Animations Audio Video

GENERAL INFORMATION
How to Make a PowerPoint Presentation That Includes Audio and Video Files http://www.wikihow.com/Make-a-PowerPoint-Presentation-That-Includes-Audio-and-Video-Files

GRAPHICS
How to Embed and Insert a Chart in a PowerPoint Presentation http://www.wikihow.com/Embed-and-Insert-a-Chart-in-a-PowerPoint-Presentation

Put photos into PowerPoint [Microsoft Training] [] “ Explore the ways to insert photos; use picture tools to crop and resize them; and use picture styles to give them frames or other border effects. You'll also see how to keep photos from inflating your presentation's file size.”

ANIMATIONS
MultiMedia in your PowerPoint - Animation http://teach.fcps.net/trt15/Presentation/PowerPoint/Animation.htm

AUDIO
How to Embed Music in a PowerPoint Presentation http://www.wikihow.com/Embed-Music-in-a-PowerPoint-Presentation

How to Make a PowerPoint Presentation That Includes Audio and Video Files http://www.wikihow.com/Make-a-PowerPoint-Presentation-That-Includes-Audio-and-Video-Files

MultiMedia in your PowerPoint - Sound and Music http://teach.fcps.net/trt15/Presentation/PowerPoint/Sound.htm

From the Help in PowerPoint 2007 under 'Compatible multimedia file formats':
 * Audio file formats**
 * ~ File format ||~ Extension ||~ More information ||
 * AIFF Audio file || .aiff || **Audio Interchange File Format** This sound format originally was used on Apple and Silicon Graphics (SGI) computers. Waveform files are stored in an 8-bit monaural (mono or one channel) format, which is not compressed and can result in large files. ||
 * AU Audio file || .au || **UNIX Audio** This file format typically is used to create sound files for UNIX computers or the Web. ||
 * MIDI file || .mid or .midi || **Musical Instrument Digital Interface** This is a standard format for the interchange of musical information between musical instruments, synthesizers, and computers. ||
 * MP3 Audio file || .mp3 || **MPEG Audio Layer 3** This is a sound file that has been compressed by using the MPEG Audio Layer 3, which was developed by the Fraunhofer Institute. ||
 * Windows Audio file || .wav || **Wave Form** This audio file format stores sounds as waveforms. Depending on various factors, one minute of sound can occupy as little as 644 kilobytes or as much as 27 megabytes of storage. ||
 * Windows Media Audio file || .wma || **Windows Media Audio** This is a sound file that has been compressed by using the Microsoft Windows Media Audio, a digital audio coding scheme developed by Microsoft that is used to distribute recorded music, usually over the Internet. ||

VIDEO
"Unlike pictures or drawings, movie files are always linkedto your presentation, rather than embeddedin it. When you insert a linked movie file, PowerPoint creates a link to the movie file's current location. If you later move the movie file to a different location, PowerPoint cannot locate it when you want the file to play. It is a good practice to copy the movies into the same folder as your presentation before you insert the movies. PowerPoint creates a link to the movie file and can find the movie file as long as you keep it in the presentation folder, even if you move or copy the folder to another computer. Another way to be sure that your linked files are in the same folder as your presentation is to use the Package for CD feature. This feature copies all the files to one location (a CD or folder) with your presentation and automatically updates all the links for the movie files. When your presentation contains linked files, you must copy the linked files as well as the presentation if you plan to give the presentation on another computer or send it to someone in e-mail." (from the Help in PowerPoint 2007 under 'Add and play a movie in a presentation')

MultiMedia in your PowerPoint – Video http://teach.fcps.net/trt15/Presentation/PowerPoint/Video.htm

PowerPoint Tutorial - Adding video http://gethelp.library.upenn.edu/workshops/biomed/ppt/video.html

How To Embed Video Files Within PowerPoint http://masterview.ikonosnewmedia.com/2005/07/08/how_to_embed_video_files.htm

Display Embedded Video Clips Within A Powerpoint Presentation Simultaneously On The Projector And Laptop Screens http://masterview.ikonosnewmedia.com/2005/05/10/display_embedded_video_clips_within.htm

Video Files and PowerPoint http://classes.yale.edu/help/itools/Powerpoint/video_ppt.htm This is a bit old.

How to Make a PowerPoint Presentation That Includes Audio and Video Files http://www.wikihow.com/Make-a-PowerPoint-Presentation-That-Includes-Audio-and-Video-Files (video converter)

Presentation/Web: MultiMedia in your PowerPoint - Video [] This is a good overview from the Multimedia World of Jeffrey L Jones – a very good site.

Video File Types and Powerpoint [] (From 2004)

VRO Converter (commercial) http://www.dvdvideoconverter.com/vro/

PPT to Video Scout (commercial) http://www.bytescout.com/ppttovideoscout.html

Video Files and PowerPoint http://classes.yale.edu/help/itools/Powerpoint/video_ppt.htm

How to Insert Flash Into PowerPoint 2007 http://www.wikihow.com/Insert-Flash-Into-PowerPoint-2007

From the Help in PowerPoint 2007 under 'Compatible multimedia file formats':
 * Video file formats**
 * ~ File format ||~ Extension ||~ More information ||
 * Windows Media file || .asf || **Advanced Streaming Format** This file format stores synchronized multimedia data and can be used to stream audio and video content, images, and script commands over a network. ||
 * Windows Video file || .avi || **Audio Video Interleave** This is a multimedia file format for storing sound and moving pictures in Microsoft Resource Interchange File Format (RIFF) format. It is one of the most common formats because audio or video content that is compressed with a wide variety of can be stored in an .avi file. ||
 * Movie file || .mpg or .mpeg || **Moving Picture Experts Group** This is an evolving set of standards for video and audio compression developed by the Moving Picture Experts Group. This file format was designed specifically for use with Video-CD and CD-i media. ||
 * Windows Media Video file || .wmv || **Windows Media Video** This file format compresses audio and video by using the Windows Media Video, a tightly compressed format that requires a minimal amount of storage space on your computer's hard disk. ||