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PPT - Videos won't play in PDF

Anonymous
2020-08-11T11:28:28+00:00

Hello everyone,

I need your help,

I have the Microsoft 365 Subscription  / Version 16.39,

I took couple of screen recordings and added in the slides in my presentation (files from computer)

All videos play in PPT version but when I 'save as' or 'export' the file as PDF the videos come out as pictures,

I've checked the format , they are all correct,

Cannot find any explanation about this,

Could you please help ?

Thank you all,

Microsoft 365 and Office | PowerPoint | For home | Windows

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  1. Anonymous
    2020-08-11T18:37:35+00:00

    The funny thing is in PPT version I can add videos and play them on the page as I am going through slides,

    This is helpful when presenting something face to face, I can simply open the PPT document and show everything on my slides

    Howeve,r if I need to email my presentation  suddenly videos become disfunctional and automatically turned into images, which doesn't help for overall content and wow effect

    Let's see how Microsoft will respond to this suggestion

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  2. DaveM121 882.8K Reputation points Independent Advisor
    2020-08-11T11:34:02+00:00

    Hi Sinan

    What software are you using to create the PDF, are you using the PDF functionality in PowerPoint?

    If so, that cannot create an Interactive PDF with the built-in PDF functionality, just Text and images,

    To create an Interactive PDF, you would need professional software like Adobe Acrobat or other PDF creation software that can handle interactivity . . .

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  3. Jim G 134K Reputation points MVP Volunteer Moderator
    2020-08-11T15:41:00+00:00

    What an intersting idea!

    Here's the help topic on inserting videos using Adobe Acrobat. There are a lot of settings to consider. PowerPoint has no interface to enable you to set these parameters.

    Playing video, audio, and multimedia formats in PDFs ...

    I've never had a PDF that contained a video. I wonder if Preview.app can play them.

    Microsoft has a feature suggestion site where you can make suggestions and feature requests. I looked through all suggestions regarding PDF and didn't see any requests like this one. I urge you to post your idea on the site:

    PowerPoint for Mac If you have PowerPoint for Mac installed on your computer.

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  4. Anonymous
    2020-08-11T18:32:06+00:00

    Thank you Jim!!

    I will take your suggestion and enter my request,

    Maybe Microsoft will consider my suggestion,

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  5. Anonymous
    2020-08-11T15:46:15+00:00

    Oh thank you,

    I used to create presentations on inDesign so I guess I expected more from Microsoft =)

    It never crossed my mind that there wouldn't be any options for playing a video

    Thank you very much!

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