Share via

moving video background across multiple slides

Anonymous
2019-01-12T20:26:04+00:00

Hi,

OK, bought Power point 2019 with hopes that finally, it would include the ability to have video as a background that 1) plays continuously across multiple slides (not start over on each slide), and 2) allows text box to be seen in front. 

There are not a small number of users out there who really need this function (church worship song lyrics in front of moving background is my need). I have, for years, had to buy plugins that are not as stable or user friendly as just using Power Point.

So, is there any possible way to do this in PP 2019? MS developers... could you just please add this feature as an update? Pretty please? 

thanks, 

Shawn

Microsoft 365 and Office | PowerPoint | For home | Windows

Locked Question. This question was migrated from the Microsoft Support Community. You can vote on whether it's helpful, but you can't add comments or replies or follow the question.

0 comments

5 answers

Sort by: Most helpful
Most helpful Newest Oldest
  1. John Korchok 232K Reputation points Volunteer Moderator
    2019-01-15T18:45:00+00:00

    Since you don't want to animate all on a single slide (it's really not that hard using the Selection Pane, which allows you to hide all but the current text box), PowerPoint may not be the software for this application. 

    I question the legibility of text over a moving video background. It sounds like a headache waiting to happen, but that's your call.

    Was this answer helpful?

    1 person found this answer helpful.
    0 comments
  2. John Korchok 232K Reputation points Volunteer Moderator
    2019-01-13T00:28:47+00:00

    Each slide in PowerPoint is a separate object, so it's not possible to have one video play across them. But text boxes can already be placed in front of videos, so that part of your wish list has come true.

    Instead of using multiple slides, create one slide with with a video playing in the background. Then have a variety of text boxes layered in front of it an use Animations to make them appear and disappear. If you use the Selection Pane (Home>Selection>Selection Pane) to keep track of objects and move them forward and backward, this isn't too hard.

    Was this answer helpful?

    1 person found this answer helpful.
    0 comments
  3. Anonymous
    2019-01-15T12:38:48+00:00

    I have tried this (thank you for the reply) and it works, but the video restarts on each slide during the slide show. My goal is that the video background plays smoothly across all of the slides that have the words (lyrics). This idea is great; if it worked all I'd have to do is create a new master for each of the 5-6 songs, but unfortunately, I'm unable to set it up so the video plays smoothly and doesn't restart on each slide.

    thank you, 

    Shawn

    Was this answer helpful?

    0 comments
  4. John Korchok 232K Reputation points Volunteer Moderator
    2019-01-13T16:19:49+00:00

    If, by "text boxes", you mean text placeholders (with placeholder text that reads Click to add text, you can open the slide layout and move those to the front. Then the text will appear above the video.

    Was this answer helpful?

    0 comments
  5. Anonymous
    2019-01-13T15:35:52+00:00

    Good Morning John, 

    thanks for the quick reply! 

    However, each song has between 10 and 30 different slides with the lyrics on them. We purchased a program (ShareFaith Presenter) that is a plug in for PP that takes the slides with the lyrics and combines them on the same slide as you suggest with animation in and animation out for each text box from each slide. It shows up as a separate tab in PP and has worked well. However, the plug does not appear to be stable with PP 2019. It still works fine with my old laptop that has 2013 (or, maybe 2016?). I'm working with their technical support. But, with that many text boxes, and the animations in and out, and the changes that the worship leader makes during the rehearsal just before the service, it would be a bit challenging to keep up.  

    I know that we can set music to play across slides without stopping and starting... the last "coding" I did was a long time ago in a galaxy far far away (used Fortran :), but it really seems like if they can get audio to work, it should be possible for video too. 

    If I put video on a slide master, it does show across slides, but the text boxes are then behind the video. I just need the text boxes in front of the video and all would be golden! 

    Any other suggestions? 

    thanks so much, 

    Shawn

    Was this answer helpful?

    0 comments