Thomas Wallace: Lectures and Resources

Adding Audio and Video

What you'll need for this exercise.

Place your video file in the same directory as your photo album presentation.
Open the photo album presentation you created last week.
In the slide view right-click and select new slide
In the slide layout panel select a layout that will allow you to link to multimedia
On the new slide you inserted select the video camera icon (bottom right option)
Select Import and Browse to the file. Note: It is important that you keep all of the audio and video files in the same directory as the presentation.
Select the the clip you just imported from the media library and press OK
You will be prompted to select whether or not the file will play automatically or when it is clicked. For this exercise select automatically
Arrange the clip on the slide until you are pleased with the look.
Save the Presentation

Download the sample audio file (Sample Audio)
Select the First Slide from the slide viewer
From the Insert menu select Insert Movies and Sounds > Sound from File
Browse to the audio file and press ok
You will be prompted to select whether or not the file will play automatically or when it is clicked. For this exercise select automatically
Right Click on the Audio Icon (looks like a speaker) and Select edit sound options
Check Loop until stopped and Hide Sound Icon During Slide show. Press Ok
In the Custom Animation Menu Double-click on the track.mp3 entry
Under the effects tab you should have the following settings checked.
- Start Playing From the Beginning
- Stop Playing after X# of Slides
Under the Timing tab you should have the following settings checked.