You can perform basic editing on your screen recording directly within Microsoft PowerPoint, primarily focusing on trimming unwanted parts from the beginning or end.
PowerPoint offers a straightforward tool to refine your screen recording by easily cutting down its duration. This is especially useful for removing pauses or mistakes made at the start or conclusion of your recording session.
Trimming Your Screen Recording in PowerPoint
The most common type of edit you can make to a screen recording within PowerPoint is trimming. Here’s how to do it using the built-in tools:
- Select the Video: Click once on the screen recording video embedded in your slide. You will see white circular resize handles appear around the edges and corners of the video frame when it is selected.
- Access Playback Options: With the video selected, click on the Playback tab. This tab appears on the ribbon at the top of the PowerPoint window, specifically for media tools.
- Open Trim Tool: On the left side of the Playback tab, click the Trim Video button. A dialog box will appear, showing a preview of your video and a timeline.
- Adjust Trim Points: Use the green and red sliders below the timeline to define the desired start and end points of your video.
- The green slider controls the start point of the trimmed video. Drag it to the position where you want the recording to begin.
- The red slider controls the end point of the trimmed video. Drag it to the position where you want the recording to end.
You can also use the spin boxes next to the timeline display to enter precise start and end times.
- Confirm Trim: Once you have set the green and red sliders to the desired positions, click OK.
Your screen recording will now be trimmed according to the points you set. The trimmed portions are not permanently deleted from the original file embedded in the presentation, but they will not play when the video is run within PowerPoint.
While PowerPoint's built-in editing capabilities for screen recordings are limited mainly to trimming, this function is often sufficient for quick clean-up before presenting your recording.
