[MacDV] Formatting problem: video in PowerPoint

[Tom Meyer]

I agree. I have had little or no problem just dragging and dropping. 
Resizing is possible once inside powerpoint as well.

Tom Meyer

CM McDonald wrote:
> What's wrong with using QuickTime? It works fine with Powerpoint. You 
> can just drag the files in to the slides, or you can import them.
>
> You could always include a link to the QuickTime site for anyone who 
> finds their Windows PC doesn't have the player or plug-in.
>
> Colin McDonald
>
>
> On 19 Feb 2007, at 15:50, Ehrhart, Robert wrote:
>
>> I need some help! I’m trying to come up with the configuration that will
>> allow me to play some videos in a PowerPoint presentation. I 
>> converted the
>> file to an avi with CinePak compression in Quicktime, but the image 
>> quality
>> is horrible. I converted it into a .wmv file from mpeg streamline, 
>> but it
>> won’t play in PowerPoint. A test of the .mpeg is posted here:
>>
>> http://www.mindspring.com/~ehrhart/files/
>> <http://www.mindspring.com/~ehrhart/files/>
>>
>> the file is the only one in the folder, named Test070210.mpeg
>>
>>
>> Does anyone have any suggestions about how to format the video file? 
>> It has
>> to be compatible with PowerPoint—this is for a cd of video 
>> testimonials that
>> a sales force will use to customize their presentations.
>
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