Advanced Presentations – Movies and Sound

Insert movies to play automatically, on mouse click.

In LibreOffice Impress, we can insert a movie clip into a slide. To insert a movie clip, simply click on the ‘Insert Audio or Video’ place holder from the main slide area as has been shown in the below given illustration.


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1-insert-audio-or-videoThis opens the ‘Insert Audio or Video’ dialog box from where we can browse to the video file which we need to insert into the slide. After selecting the appropriate video file, click on ‘Open’. This will insert the selected video into the slide.

Now to play the video clip, click once on the inserted clip to select it. The clip area will get surrounded by eight small green colored squares. Also, a new audio and video toolbar will get displayed below the main slide area.2-play-video-clip

This toolbar contains the buttons like play, pause and stop which can be used to play the video clip. Also, when we do a slide show for a presentation, then the videos which might have been inserted into the different slides are played automatically when that particular slide appears during the slide show.

Insert sounds to play automatically, on mouse click.

In LibreOffice Impress, we can insert sounds into a slide. To insert a sound clip, simply click on the ‘Insert Audio or Video’ place holder from the main slide area as has been shown in the below given illustration.

This opens the ‘Insert Audio or Video’ dialog box from where we can browse to the sound file which we need to insert into the slide. After selecting the appropriate sound file, click on ‘Open’. This will insert the selected sound into the slide.3-insert-audio

Now to play the sound clip, click once on the inserted clip to select it. The clip area will get surrounded by eight small green colored squares. Also, a new audio and video toolbar will get displayed below the main slide area.

4-play-audioThis toolbar contains buttons like play, pause and stop which can be used to play the sound clip. Also, when we do a slide show for a presentation, then the sounds which might have been inserted into the different slides are played automatically when that particular slide appears during the slide show.