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Create an animated intro for videos in PowerPoint

March 4, 2020 by Ellen Finkelstein 3 Comments

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If you want to create a series of short training or promotional videos, it’s useful to have an intro that you put in front of each video. This might include your company’s branding or just create a theme that viewers associate with your videos. Since you’ll be adding a video, it looks better when you […]

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Filed Under: Animation & transitions, Multimedia: Music, sound & video, Training Tagged With: animated intro, animation, intro, outro, promotional video, sales video, training video, video

4 steps to create a video from PowerPoint slides

July 18, 2016 by Ellen Finkelstein 5 Comments

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You can create great videos using PowerPoint! A common reason to create videos is to post them on YouTube but you can post them on a website or on social media as well. You can make them as simple or as complicated as you want. Here are the basic steps to create a video from […]

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Filed Under: Animation & transitions, Multimedia: Music, sound & video Tagged With: export video, video, YouTube

Create an interactive menu in PowerPoint Office Mix

December 1, 2015 by Ellen Finkelstein 2 Comments

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This post is by Heather Ackmann. She is a new/old PowerPoint MVP. Old, because she’s been an MVP in Microsoft Office for years. New, because Microsoft got rid of Office MVPs, so she’s come over to the light side and is now a PowerPoint MVP. And she’s an MCT (Microsoft Certified Trainer). Heather  is also full-time […]

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Filed Under: Hyperlinks, Multimedia: Music, sound & video, Training Tagged With: clickable button, custom menu, menu, Mix, Office Mix

Create a screenshot and screen recording in PowerPoint

October 19, 2015 by Ellen Finkelstein 12 Comments

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If you create training presentations, especially technical ones, you often need to include screenshots (static images of the screen) and screen recordings (videos showing activity on the screen). In PowerPoint 2010 and later, you can take screenshots from within PowerPoint. PowerPoint 2016 introduced the ability to take screen recordings and that feature has been added to […]

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Filed Under: Images, Multimedia: Music, sound & video Tagged With: screen capture, screen recording, screenshot

Side-by-side speaker video and slide content for a live presentation feel

August 10, 2015 by Ellen Finkelstein 1 Comment

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Start by watching this short video. What do you think? https://s3.amazonaws.com/ellenfinkelstein.com/pptblog/powerpoint-tips-video-slide-content-side-by-side.mp4 You can place a video of you speaking on one side of your slide and use the other side for your slide content to come a little closer to a live presentation feel when you need to provide a pre-recorded presentation. Here are some […]

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Filed Under: Multimedia: Music, sound & video Tagged With: live video and slides, side-by-side, video

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