In this article we will see how we can enhance our slides and presentations by adding Video backgrounds that will appeal any audience without any additional tool and extra addon.For this you will however need a Microsoft 365 subscription.
If you do not have a Microsoft 365 subscription you can purchase it online via office.com.Adding a Video background gives you a lot to make your presentation better and look good and even helps you with the informative sector of the presentation.There are two different ways you can use to add video background to the presentation.
Here is how you can do it.Open PowerPoint and Create a new Presentation.On the main window, Under the Home tab, on the right side > Click Design Ideas button.A right pane with a lot of design Ideas and templates for your Presentation will appear.On the top of the pane, the first design idea will have a video background.Click on the design idea that has video background incorporated in it.
There are options where you can choose the auto-play option, volume of the video, loop option and many other options to customize your video background.Another way of adding a video background is by simply Adding video from the insert tab.
Under the stock videos there are categories that will let you insert icons, Cutouts, Stickers, videos and Illustrations.You can also resize the video according to the area you want to cover in the slide or set it to full slide to make sure that it will cover up all the slide.You can also change the shape from the Format option and give it different frames and edges to the video background.
You can add or change video shape, effects, Change video border and add alt text too.