Instead of playing a video as part of a slide in your presentation, you can play it so that it fills the entire screen.
Depending on the resolution of your original video file, the video might appear distorted when played full screen, so it's a good idea to preview it before giving your presentation to an audience.
Set a video to play full screen
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In Normal view, select the video that you want to play full screen.
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On the ribbon, on the Playback tab, in the Video Options group, select Play Full Screen.
(If you inserted a video file from YouTube or another web site, the full screen option may be unavailable. To work around this limitation, you would first have to download the file and then insert it from your computer.)
Note: If you position the video frame off the slide or hide the video frame, you must set the video to play automatically or by some other kind of control, such as a trigger. A trigger is something on a slide, such as a picture, shape, or button, that you can click to initiate an action. See Trigger an animation effect for details.
Preview the video
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In Normal view, go to the slide that contains the video.
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To preview the full-screen experience, on the ribbon, select Slide Show > From Current Slide. (This action opens your slide in Slide Show view.)
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If necessary, select the "play" button on the video. It expands to full-screen size at that point.
Set a video to play full screen
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In Normal view, select the video that you want to play full screen.
-
On the ribbon, on the Playback tab, select Play Full Screen.
(If you inserted a video file from YouTube or another web site, the full-screen option may be unavailable. To work around this limitation, you would have to first download the file and then insert it from your computer.)
Note: If you position the video frame off the slide or hide the video frame, you must set the video to play automatically or by some other kind of control, such as a trigger. A trigger is something on a slide, such as a picture, shape, or button, that you can click to initiate an action. See Trigger an animation effect for details.
Preview the video
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In Normal view, go to the slide that contains the video.
-
To preview the full-screen experience, on the ribbon, select Slide Show > Play From Current Slide. (This action opens your slide in Slide Show view.)
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If necessary, select the "play" button on the video. It expands to full-screen size at that point.
