Article ID: 198333
Article Last Modified on 5/1/2001
APPLIES TO
- Microsoft PowerPoint 2000 Standard Edition
This article was previously published under Q198333
For a Microsoft PowerPoint 2002 version of this article, see
291916.
For a Microsoft PowerPoint 97 version of this article, see
182982.
SYMPTOMS
When you insert a movie clip on a slide in Microsoft PowerPoint, it may
appear to be distorted, grainy, or pixilated when you play it inside of
PowerPoint. When you play the movie outside of PowerPoint, it appears fine.
CAUSE
In order for movies to play without distortion, they need to be scaled such
that each pixel in the movie corresponds to one screen pixel. For example,
if the movie was saved at a resolution of 320 x 240 pixels, then it would
have to be scaled in PowerPoint so that it is exactly 320 x 240 display
pixels in size when played, in order to eliminate any distortion.
In PowerPoint, your slide contents are always being scaled for editing or
for a slide show, and the scaling during editing is rarely the same as during a slide show. This is why a movie might look just fine when played in Slide view but appear distorted when played in Slide Show view.
PowerPoint adjusts the movie clip in Slide view so that it will appear at the correct size in Slide Show view.
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