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Insert a video into Word...
Sounds very simple huh?
How does one simply insert an .avi file into a Word doc so that it can then be played? I've searched the NG's and found stuff about changing the extension to mpg, or mpeg (can't recall the exact details now) - but didn't have much joy in that anyway. And anyway, why not play a fully compatible (MS Media Player) avi file - that's the object of the excercise. Shouldn't this be easy and just work? -- Duncan |
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Insert a video into Word...
Insert Object From file
However, what's the point of the exercise? A Word document is a peculiar vehicle to carry a video file. You can't print it, the chances are that you can't e-mail it, so what do you gain by including it in a document? -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org Duncan McC wrote: Sounds very simple huh? How does one simply insert an .avi file into a Word doc so that it can then be played? I've searched the NG's and found stuff about changing the extension to mpg, or mpeg (can't recall the exact details now) - but didn't have much joy in that anyway. And anyway, why not play a fully compatible (MS Media Player) avi file - that's the object of the excercise. Shouldn't this be easy and just work? |
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says... In article , says... Sounds very simple huh? How does one simply insert an .avi file into a Word doc so that it can then be played? I've searched the NG's and found stuff about changing the extension to mpg, or mpeg (can't recall the exact details now) - but didn't have much joy in that anyway. And anyway, why not play a fully compatible (MS Media Player) avi file - that's the object of the excercise. Shouldn't this be easy and just work? Some more info... (as posted: Office 2007 Ultimate, XP Pro), and the error message I get when I drag n' drop a video onto the doc... Video not available, cannot find 'vids:XVID' decompressor. XVID is installed from the web (full/free installer). The video plays fine in MS Media Player, so why not in Word? Such a simple thing I'd have thought. OK, I fixed the above (tried on another PC and it worked, so reinstalled the XVID guff, and it's working). The video is still quite poor though, it has no sound control, and is quite jerky in playback and um - it has no sound at all. Any ideas I could try (just using small 5Mb vids). -- Duncan |
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Even if you organised the codecs on your PC to allow the video to play from
within Word (and it is possible to do that) you cannot expect your customers to jump through the same hoops. If you want to send customers video material send it in DVD format that they can be sure of playing. -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org Duncan McC wrote: In article , says... Insert Object From file However, what's the point of the exercise? A Word document is a peculiar vehicle to carry a video file. You can't print it, the chances are that you can't e-mail it, so what do you gain by including it in a document? Good questions - here's the scenario. A client wants to send out a pdf (or .doc) file to their clients. They may want to include a video on occasion. The info document will be going out maybe 4 times a year. I have looked at video in a .pdf - and the only things I've come up with so far (I've only looked at Adobe stuff) is Adobe Acrobat (pro) and Adobe Flash. All up, probably not much change from $1,000 NZD. So I got to thinking... hence my question. It's free, and it's a widely used format, and I've confirmed that all their clients could open .doc files (any that couldn't could perhaps use the free MS Word reader?). But when I do a test on my machine, inserting some .avi I made on my camera, it seems to embed ok, but it won't play. MS Office 2007, XP Pro - all up-to-date. PS: I assume Insert, Object, From File is the same as dragging a .avi into the doc? While my "cheap" method is just that, and it makes a much bigger file than a web-ready, size optimised, flash video - I thought it could be the go. |
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