Microsoft PowerPoint 2016 Level 2.4: Working with Media and Animations

When you want to present information in an interactive and vibrant way, PowerPoint is incredibly useful. With the additions of audio, video, and custom animation and transitions, it becomes even more useful and powerful. Making these additions is remarkably easy and adds energy and excitement to your presentation.

With audio, you can emphasize key points of information or even prevent an uncomfortable silence when your audience first arrives and is taking their seats. Audio files can set the tone for your presentation, and you can even use them to include recorded messages from speakers unable to attend. Inserting audio files into your presentation is a simple task, and you this course gives you the step-by-step directions to do so.

You can include video files with PowerPoint 2016 as well, and the videos can come from your own computer, SharePoint, or even YouTube. This training guides you through the process of adding videos to your presentation; you can even customize the playback options on your video clips just like you can with your audio files. Once you have made these multimedia additions, you can also change and customize slide animations and transitions.

Utilize the information provided here and create more dynamic presentations, which are more effective for connecting with your audience and relaying your information.

   This course is in the Video On Demand format, to read about Video On Demand features click here.

Anyone using PowerPoint 2016

• Introduction
• Add Audio to a Presentation
• Add Video to a Presentation
• Set Video Playback Options
• Customize Animations and Transitions

• Add audio to a presentation.
  • Identify the features of the Audio Tools contextual tab.
  • List functions of the Bookmark button on the Playback tab.
  • Recall what the Hide During Show button is used for.
• Add video to a presentation.
  • Recall which feature will enable users to insert a video file.
  • Identify the keyboard keys which will stop the recording.
• Set video playback options.
  • List the features available in the playback contextual tab.
• Customize animations and transitions.
  • Identify the functions in the Effect Options dialog box launcher.
  • Recall which feature enables users to reorder, set the timing of, configure and remove animations from slides.

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