How to play media clips in PowerPoint by using Windows Media Player (291879)

SUMMARY

This article describes how to play media clips in Microsoft PowerPoint by using Windows Media Player.

Some media clips that were created after PowerPoint was released may not play properly when they are inserted into PowerPoint. If you have Windows Media Player 6.0 or later installed, you can play these clips with the Windows Media Player. Windows Media Player can frequently play media clips that PowerPoint cannot.

Note Windows Media Player does not work with the Microsoft PowerPoint Viewer.

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How to Play Media Clips by Using Windows Media Player

To play media clips in PowerPoint by using Windows Media Player, follow these steps:

1. Start PowerPoint, and then open the presentation that you want.
2. On the View menu, point to Toolbars, and then click Control Toolbox (if it is not already selected).
3. In the Control Toolbox, click More Controls.
4. In the list of controls, click Windows Media Player.
5. Click anywhere in your slide, and then draw a box with your mouse pointer to create a Windows Media Player control.
6. In the Control Toolbox, click the Properties button.
7. In the FileName box of the Properties dialog box, type the path and name of the file that you want to play, and then press ENTER. For example, the following line plays the movie file Mymovie.avi from the desktop:

   c:\windows\desktop\mymovie.avi

8. Close the Properties dialog box.

The media clip now plays automatically when you view the slide. You can also change other properties of the clip, such as looping and size, in the Properties dialog box.

Note To add a movie by using Windows Media Player version 9.0 and later versions, in the Properties window, click the Custom property, and then click the ellipses button on right. Locate the movie file that you want to play. Select the movie, click Open, and then click OK.

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