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Placing objects in front of Video in Powerpoint 2003

Jul 11, 2005 9:12AM PDT

I want to place text of animation over the video I inserted. Is there a way to send the video to back and keep the objects on top of the video.

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No.
Jul 11, 2005 12:13PM PDT

While you didn't share the video source type, almost all video plays via a directx and as such removes what you ask as a (easy) possibility.

However, if the source video is .AVI or any number of standard video you could use a video editor program to add the overlay text and use your new video instead.

Bob

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An odd yes method.
Jul 11, 2005 12:17PM PDT

Look up the solutions to SUBTITLING VIDEOS with this Google. http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&safe=off&q=subtitle+wmp

-> It's not a direct solution and in my opinion can be harder than (re)creating your video proper, but I offer it as another possibility.

--> The second downside to using a subtitle filter is that it won't work on other machines very well. Setup is a _____!

Bob

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Oh well !!
Jul 12, 2005 8:58AM PDT

Im using WMV file format, I kinda figured nothing would overlay in presentations, I guess ill have to do it in movie maker 2. I just cant use the animation gifs that I wanted.

Thanks for your help....