Microsoft KB Archive/827113

= A control bar appears when you play a video clip in a PowerPoint presentation =

Article ID: 827113

Article Last Modified on 3/14/2007

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2007
 * Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2003

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SYMPTOMS
When you play a video clip in a PowerPoint presentation, a control bar may appear below the video clip object.



CAUSE
This behavior may occur when the following conditions are true:
 * The video is inserted as a media clip object.

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 * The control bar setting for the media clip is turned on.

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 * The video clip is in the Audio Video Interleaved (AVI) format.



RESOLUTION
To resolve this behavior, hide the controls when you play a video clip. To do this, follow these steps:
 * 1) Start PowerPoint, and then open the presentation that contains the video clip.
 * 2) Right-click the video clip object, point to Video Clip Object, and then click Edit.
 * 3) On the Media Player Edit menu, click Options.
 * 4) Click to clear the Control Bar On Playback check box, and then click OK.



MORE INFORMATION
The behavior that is described in the &quot;Symptoms&quot; section of this article does not occur when you use the Movies and Sounds command on the Insert menu. It also does not occur if the video clip is in a format other than the AVI format, such as MPEG file or QuickTime.

Additional query words: PPT prb movie PPT2007

Keywords: kbslideshow kbpending kbprb KB827113

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