Trimming a PowerPoint video

PowerPoint is a useful tool not only for creating presentations but also for easily editing and montaging videos! In this article, you will learn how to edit a video using Microsoft PowerPoint. You will also learn how to save the edited video to your computer. Once you finish this lesson, you will be able to create professional-looking videos that can be used in presentations or for other purposes.

To begin editing a video using PowerPoint, you first need to import the video. You can import it from your computer or download it from YouTube or other online sources. Once the video is imported, you can edit it as you wish to suit your needs, as we will explain later. .

To see how this works, you can watch Video If you prefer to read, you can skip the video and follow the steps below:

Cut a video using PowerPoint

1. List Inserts > Select video > computer video Then select the video clip you want to edit. .

1- Insert menu > Choose Video > Video on Computer, then select the video clip you want to edit. .

2- Once you select the video, a new menu will appear, which is the menu Operating options Click on it, then tap Video clipping.

2- Once you select the video, a new menu will appear, which is the playback options menu. Click on it, then click on Trim Video.

3- To specify where you want to edit the video clip, in the video trimming window, press the Play button. When you reach the point where you want to trim, click the Pause button. You can use the green and red markers to adjust the audio trimming point as follows:

To truncate the beginning of the clip, click the green marker on the left side and when the cursor turns into a double-headed arrow, drag it to the new starting position of the audio clip.
To truncate the beginning of the clip, click the red marker on the right side and when the cursor turns into a double-headed arrow, drag it to the new starting position of the audio clip.

To truncate the beginning of the clip, click the red marker on the right side and when the cursor turns into a double-headed arrow, drag it to the new starting position of the audio clip.

Saving the video in PowerPoint

Once you have finished editing the video, you can save it to your computer using one of the following three methods:

Select the video clip on the slide, then right-click on it and select Save Media As… Then enter a name and location to save the file on your computer, then select Save.
Or, if there is no content in the presentation other than the video, you can save it from the menu. File > Select Save as Then choose MP4