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Tip 18
Inserting Movie Clips or Animated GIF

Inserting Movie Clips or Animated GIF

You can add movies and animated GIFs to slides from files on your computer, the Internet, or the Microsoft Clip Organizer.

Movie clips can include video capture from a camera, CD-Rom, QuickTime movies and the Internet. Video clips or "movie" files are desktop video files with formats such as: AVI, Quicktime, MPEG, and file extensions such as .avi, .mov, .qt, .mpg, and mpeg.

An animated GIF file includes motion and has a .gif file extension. Though not technically movies, animated GIFs contain multiple images which stream to create an animation effect.

Once you insert the movie file onto the slide, there are several ways you can start it: have it play automatically when the slide displays; click it with the mouse; or create a timing for it so that it plays after a certain delay. It can also be part of an animation sequence.

Insert Movie from File: Display the slide to which you want to add music or sound effects.

1. Pull down the Insert menu. Select Movies and Sound and Movie from File to insert video clips onto your slide.
2. Select the appropriate drive and file name for the video clip you want to insert. (Floppy “A” drive, “C” hard drive, CD-ROM drive, etc.).
3. When you make your selection, a message is displayed asking whether you want to play the movie or GIF automatically or when you click on the movie.

Insert Movie from Clip Organizer: Display the slide to which you want to add music or sound effects.

1. Pull down the Insert Menu.
2. Select Movies and Sounds then Movie from Clip Organizer to insert video clips onto your slide.
3. When you choose Movie from Clip Organizer, your Insert Clip Art task pane opens on the right side of the window to display available movie clips as icons.
4. Scroll to find the clip you want, and double-click to add it to the slide.
5. To do a search for clips in the Clip Organizer, click Modify.
6. When you make your selection, a message is displayed asking whether you want to play the movie or GIF automatically or when you click on the movie.