Title: Insert and play a video file from your computer - Office Support
Headings: Insert and play a video file from your computer
Insert and play a video file from your computer
Supported video formats
Embed a video stored on your PC
Link to a video stored on your PC
Find out where a linked video is stored
YouTube video
Play a video automatically or when clicked
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Content: Play a video automatically or when clicked
By default, in Slide Show, the video plays when it is clicked. But if you prefer, you can make the video start automatically as soon as it appears onscreen: Select the video frame. On the PowerPoint ribbon, on the Video Tools Playback tab, open the Start list and choose Automatically: For more details about the options for playing the video in Slide Show, see Set the 'Play' options for a video. In PowerPoint 2016 for Mac and newer versions, we recommend that you use .mp4 files encoded with H.264 video (a.k.a. MPEG-4 AVC) and AAC audio. For more details, see Video and audio file formats supported in PowerPoint. To get the correct instructions, select the version of Office that you're using: Newer versions
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