Some PowerPoint 2007 users may be having a problem playing videos embedded using PowerPoint 2010. This can affect our animated PowerPoint templates used with PowerPoint 2007.
Our animated templates require that you have an updated installation of Office 2007. Periodically Microsoft has released updates and patches for Office 2007. These updates are free from Microsoft and can be accessed through “Windows Update” on your computer.
Use Windows Update to Update PowerPoint 2007
We recommend that you install all updates suggested for Microsoft Office 2007 by using Windows Update. But specifically, a PowerPoint 2007 user needs to make sure they have installed “The 2007 Microsoft Office Suite Service Pack 2.” This service pack can be downloaded here: 2007 Microsoft Office Suite Service Pack 2
Update PowerPoint 2007 to play PowerPoint 2010 video
Installing this Office 2007 update brings your version of PowerPoint 2007 up to speed and allows it to play the embedded video that is contained in our animated templates.
View all our animated templates for PowerPoint here.
Problems with Video Playback in PowerPoint 2007
It has also been brought to our attention that if you do not have the most recent version of Windows Media Player, you may experience poor video playback in PowerPoint 2007. This typically looks like green streaks running through the video animation in our templates.
Since our animated templates are created in PowerPoint 2010 and then made backward compatible with PowerPoint 2007, the newest version of Windows Media Player is required. This is Media Player 11 for Windows XP and Media Player 12 for Vista and Windows 7 users.
If you are experiencing this problem, simply run Windows Media Player and then check for updates from the help menu.
I cannot ge the animation templates to be animate. I am running windows xp. Office 2007. I did what was suggested above (installing service pack 2 and my system said I already have it. So, why am I
no seeing the animation?
Hello Nancy, I’m sorry to hear that you are having problems. A few things to check, make sure you didn’t confuse the Office 2007 Service Pack 2 with the Windows XP service pack 2. Here is a link to the Office 2007 Service Pack 2.
Office 2007 Service Pack 2
Are you have difficulty with all the animated templates or just one particular one?
Art Holden