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MS PowerPoint lets you insert the video onto your slide and then play it during your presentation. With this you can make your presentation engaging as well as impressive. The videos can be edited within PowerPoint and can customize it’s appearance.

Insert a video from a file:

With the following steps you will be able to insert a video from a file

• First of all you meed to click the Video drop down arrow from Insert tab. After this you need to select Video on My PC.
• Now locate and then select the desired video file and after that click Insert.
• The video will be added to the slide.

To Insert an Online Video:

There are many online video portals like YouTube that allows you to embed videos into your slides. An embedded video will be hosted on its original website which means the video itself will not be added to your file. With embedding you can reduce the file suze of your presentation but youa re requried to be connected with the Internet for the video to play.

Working with the videos

To preview a video:

• First of all click on a video in order to select it.
• Now click the Play/Pause button below the video. The video will begin playing and the timeline which is next to the Play/Pause button will start advancing.
• In order to jump to a different part of the video you need to click anywhere on the timeline.

To Resize a Video:

• First of all click and drag the corner sizing handles until the video is of desired size.

To Move a Video

• For moving a video you need to click and drag to move a video to anew location on a slide.

To Delete a Video

• For deleting a video you need to select the video you want to delete and then press Backspace or delete key on your keyboard.

Editing and Formatting Videos

To trim a video

• First of all you need to select the video and then click the Playback tab on the Ribbon.
• Now click the Trim Video command.
• Now a dialog box will appear. You need to use the green handle to set the start time and the red handle to set the end time.
• To preview the video you are required t click the Play button.
• When you have completed the trimming process on the video click OK.

Add a Fade in Fade out:

• Locate the Fade In: and Fade Out: fields on the Playback tab.
• Now you need to type the desired values or use the up and down arrows in order to adjust the fade times.

To Add a Bookmark

• First of all click the timeline to locate the desired part of the video.
• Now from the Playback tab you need to click the Add Bookmark command.
• The bookmark will appear on the timeline. Now click the bookmark to jump to that location.

In this tutorial you will learn how to access your content through Search and Libraries. Most of the users access the files through My Documnts, the C drive or from some other locations like a backup drive or a server. But Microsoft wanted to make the finding your files easier so they developed thw Libraries. Libraries are actually the collections of your stored content that can be accessed easily through the Desktop Search function. Libraries will ne replace your folders they simply house them on single collection.

Windows Explorer

Understanding of Windows Explorer will allow you to navigate through your content as well as work with your files and folders in a very easy way.

• Click on the folder icon on the taskbar to open Windows Explorer.

To Use Windows Explorer

• First of all move through your content by double clicking on the folder, clicking on the Forward and Back buttons or by simply clicking on headings in Address bar.
• Now you can preview the files by selecting the Show the Preview pane button.
• The default program will open when you will double click a file.

To Change the View of the Ocntent in your Folders:

In order to change the view, select the View button and select your preference.

To Change How your Content is Arranged

• Depending on the library you can Arrange content by month, day, rating or any other factors.

• Select the Arrange by button and then select your preferences.

Using Search

To search your Libraries

• First of all you need to locate the Search bar at the top right corner of Windows Explorer pane.
• Now you are required to start typing a file name or keyword.
• Now Search will start displaying the matching items even before you will finish the typing.

Searching from the start Menu

Windows Explorer pane is not just the only place that you can access Search and Libraries. You can find Search bar in the Start Menu along with one click access to the famous Libraries.

Chrome was developed for not just only speed as it has got some advanced security features, it provides a very safe browsing experience. Chrome lets you control what information you share online, keeping your personal information private.

Understanding the Security of Chrome:

Chrome has got loads of security features which includes security indicators as well as malware protection. All of these features are running continally in Chrome thus ensuring that you PC and personal information are protected all the times. Chrome uses the sandboxing technology which stops the dangerous viruses from reaching your computer.

Website security indicators:

When you navigate to website, Chrome will display security indicator to the left of the web address in Omnibox. Understanding of the indicators helps you in staying safewhen you enter the personal online.

• The non-SSL indicator will appear for most of the websites which means that the site is not using a secure connection. This is not important for lots of websites like news website or weather forecast. But you should avoid going into the personal information on these pages.
• The HTTPS indicator appears if the site is using secure connection. You need to check this icon when entering sensitive information like your birth date or credit card number. A secure connection will make it impossible for someone to access your information.
• The insecure HTTPS indicator will appear if Chrome detects the problem with the secure connection of the site. You should never enter the personal or sensitive information on an insecure site.

Malware and Phishing Protection:

In order to keep yourself protected from harmful websites Chrome automatically downloads list of dangerous as well as malicious websites and then stores that list on your PC. Whenever you navigate to the website in Chrome, the page is checked against the list. If the website is suspected to be malware or phishing site the Chrome will display a warning message instead of navigating the website. You need to click Back to safety in order to return to the last page you viewed.

Maintaining Privacy in Chrome:

Chrome takes care in order to keep your personal information provate. Ot provides several different ways to control your privacy, including modifying the provacy settings, browsing in incognito mode and deleting your history.

Privacy Settings:

Chrome lets you control the information you share online, which you can change in your privacy settings. The privacy settings can be modified by follwing these steps.

• First of all you need to click on Chrome menu located in the top right corner of the browser and then select Settings.
• The Settings tab will appear. Now you need to locate and select Show advanced settings.
• The privacy settings will appear. Now for changing basic provacy settings like enabling the malware protection. You need to check or uncheck the boxes next to each option.
• To change the specific settings click the Content settings… button.

Deleting the Browsing History:

To remove specific sites from history:

• First of all you need to click the Chrome menu in top-right corner of the browser, hover the mouse over History and after this click History.
• The History tab will appear. Click the check box next to every link you want to delete from your history and then select Remove selected items.
• A dialog box will appear then click Remove to continue.
• The selected websites will be removed from your history.

To Clear all Browsing Data:

• First of all from the History tab you need to click the Clear browsing data.
• A dialog box will appear. Select the time range and browsing data you need to delete.
• When you are all set, click Clear browsing data.
• The selected browsing history will be deleted.

Incognito Mode:

For the added privacy, Chrome provides incognito mode, which lets you browse without recording your history or storing cookies. This is a great option to keep your browsing history secret when planning party or buying a gift for someone shares you PC.

To Use Incognito Mode:

• First of all you need to click the Chrome menu located in the top-right corner of the browser and after that select New incognito windows.
• The new incognito window will appear which you will use like a regular Chrome window. Note the incognito icon in the top-left corner of the browser which will confirm that you are in incognito mode.