Adding video and narration
to your slideshow
A Picture is Worth 1,000 Words
• Inserting Clip Art• Inserting Photos• Inserting Graphics• Photo Backgrounds
Using Clip Art
• Mac: Insert menu-- Picture-- Clip Art» OR: Use Formatting Palette
(View-- Formatting Palette)
• Windows: Insert-- Picture-- Clip Art (use task manager on right side
of screen)
Using Photos
• Mac: Insert-- Picture-- From File
• Browse for photo (Desktop, folder, etc.)
• Windows: Insert-- Picture-- From File– OR- use button from toolbar
* remember to resize/rotate pictures first!
• Add Symbols, Objects, Lines, Tables, Charts, and WordArt
• Windows Drawing Toolbar:
Backgrounds
• Format-- Slide Background-- use drop-down menu to fill with solid color or use fill effects
*Tip: Use a photo editor to crop and lighten pictures
So is Sound!
• Insert sound effects (Insert menu-- Movies and Sounds-- Sound from File)
• Record your voice• Ideas:
– Narrate a book– Voice your opinion– Record a message
* Note: Change General Preferences to link sounds with file size greater than [50000 kb] or make sure file is in same folder with .ppt presentation
Pictures that Move!
• Use camera to record movie• Save to desktop (.avi file in DCIM folder)
• Insert into presentation(Insert-- Movies and Sounds--
Movie from File)