#GET AUDIO FROM POWERPOINT TO VIDEO MAC FREE#
Make sure you do so only if you choose the In Click Sequence or Automatically options in the Start drop-down list, as shown in Figure 6.Most people just use Quicktime Player to watch videos, but did you know it can also make videos?The program comes free on Mac computers, and I just tested out its screen recording capabilities. However, it is even easier to just drag the audio icon off the Slide Area to the workspace area, as shown highlighted in red within Figure 7, below. Yes, there is a Hide During Show option in the Playback tab of the Ribbon, as shown highlighted in blue in Figure 6, above. One small issue that many presenters face is the visible audio icon, even in Slide Show view.The Curious Case of the Visible Audio Icon This option shows the Player Control, and you must press the Play button. In addition, you can also see a third option, When Clicked On in the drop-down list, as shown in Figure 6, above. If you select this option, the sound plays only after you press the space bar, or click your cursor in Slide Show mode to proceed to the next event. Note that the default option is In Click Sequence.This step causes the selected audio clip to play automatically when the slide containing the clip comes up in Slide Show mode.įigure 6: Automatically option selected within Start drop-down list From this list select the Automatically option, as shown highlighted in red within Figure 6, below.
Clicking this option brings up a drop-down list. Locate the Start option, as shown highlighted in red within Figure 5, above. This tab offers you different options to control the playback of the audio you have selected.They only make an appearance when you are working with a particular slide object which can be edited using special options. Contextual tabs are special tabs in the Ribbon that are not visible all the time. The Playback and Audio Format tabs are contextual tabs.
If you want the sound to play automatically in Slide Show view without having to hover or click the Play button, you first select the audio icon so that the Playback contextual tab is active on the Ribbon, as shown highlighted in green within Figure 5, below.įigure 5: Audio Tools Playback tab of the Ribbon.You can use the Play button on the Player Controls bar, as shown in Figure 4, above. You see a similar bar even in Slide Show view. Note that when you hover your cursor over the audio icon in Normal view, you will see the Player Controls bar.Once inserted or linked, PowerPoint will place an audio icon in the center of the slide, as shown in Figure 4, below.Then, if you want to move the presentation to another computer, you can copy the entire folder rather than just copying the presentation file. If you do choose the Link to File option, always copy your audio clip to the same folder as your presentation before you insert it within your slide. Link to File does not store the audio clip as part of your presentation but links to it.This is the same as discussed in step 3 above. Insert is the default option that embeds the sound within the presentation.Doing so brings up a menu with two options, as shown highlighted in red within Figure 3, below.įigure 3: Choose if you want to link or embed To link rather than embed, click on the down-arrow next to the Insert button.If this is a problem, you can still link the audio file rather than embedding it by following the alternative option we explore next. This embedding, of course, can balloon the file size of your PowerPoint presentation. Doing so adds the audio clip to the active slide and embeds it as part of your presentation. Now, click the Insert button, as shown highlighted in red within Figure 2, above.To maintain maximum compatibility across operating systems, it's best to use the MP3 file format for audio files. Similarly, there are some Windows-based file formats that may not work if you need to play them on Mac versions of PowerPoint. PowerPoint may allow you to insert this audio file format in your slide, but you may have codec issues that could result in you not being able to play this audio file. AIF or AIFF is an audio file that's more often used on Mac computers. Look closely, and you will notice that our navigated folder, as shown in Figure 2, above has an audio file with the AIF file extension.