Objective 3.4 Insert and manage media

  • 3.4.1 Embed audio and video clips
  • 3.4.2 Modify audio and video clips

3.4 Contents

3.4.2 Modify audio and video clips

You can configure audio to play automatically, to play for a specific amount of time, or to loop continuously during a specific slide or the entire presentation. You can fade gradually into and out of an audio clip. You can also trim the audio clip to play only a specific portion of it.

Specify the points in an audio or video clip that you want to start and finish playback

After you insert a video clip, you can resize the window it appears in, or even crop the area of the video that is displayed. By default, a video clip plays within its window, but you can configure it to play at full-screen size. You can also configure most of the same playback options for video clips that you can for audio clips, and you can apply the standard picture styles to the video window.

It isn’t necessary to edit audio or video prior to inserting it in a presentation. You can trim audio and video clips in much the same way that you can format the appearance of a picture: although the audience hears or sees only what you select, the original media is unaltered.

Video Tools - Playback tab

Audio Tools - Playback tab

To trim an audio or video clip

  1. On the Playback tool tab, click the Trim Audio or Trim Video button.
  2. In the Trim Audio or Trim Video dialog box, drag the Start and End sliders, or set the Start Time and End Time.
  3. Preview the results and make adjustments as necessary, and then click OK to apply the trim.

To transition into or out of an audio or video clip

  • On the Playback tool tab, in the Editing group, set the Fade In and Fade Out times.

To configure the playback options for an audio clip

  • On the Playback tool tab, in the Audio Options group, do any of the following:
    • Click Volume, and then click Low, Medium, High, or Mute.
    • In the Start list, click On Click or Automatically.
    • Select the Play Across Slides check box to continue playing the clip when the next slide is displayed.
    • Select the Loop until Stopped check box to automatically restart the clip when it ends.
    • Select the Hide During Show check box to hide the audio icon when the slide is shown.
    • Select the Rewind after Playing check box to automatically return to the beginning of the clip when it finishes.
  • On the Playback tool tab, in the Audio Styles group, click the Play in Background button to set the audio options necessary to play the clip continuously from the slide on which it starts until the presentation ends or the clip is stopped.

To configure the playback options for a video clip

  • On the Playback tool tab, in the Video Options group, do any of the following:
    • Click Volume, and then click Low, Medium, High, or Mute.
    • In the Start list, click On Click or Automatically.
    • Select the Play Full Screen check box to expand the video to full-screen size while it is playing.
    • Select the Hide While Not Playing check box to hide the video window after the video ends.
    • Select the Loop until Stopped check box to automatically restart the clip when it ends.
    • Select the Rewind after Playing check box to automatically return to the beginning of the clip when it finishes.

Video Tools - Format tab

Audio Tools - Format tab

To modify the appearance of a selected audio icon or video window

  • On the Format tool tab, in the Adjust, Picture Styles, or Video Styles group, configure the formatting options you want.

To resize a video window

  • Drag the window sizing handles.
  • On the Format tool tab, in the Size group, set the Video Height or Video Width, and then press Enter.
  • On the Format tool tab, click the Size dialog box launcher. In the Format Video pane, configure the height, width, rotation, scale, and aspect ratio settings.

To crop a video window

  1. On the Format tool tab, in the Size group, click the Crop button.
  2. Drag the crop handles to frame the portion of the video window that you want to display.
    Tip: Drag the crop frame to move it to a different part of the video window.
  3. Click the Crop button again to apply the changes.