Powerpoint 2010 and supported video formats

Last Updated: 3/1/18

This Microsoft article:

Video and audio file formats supported in PowerPoint
https://support.office.com/en-us/article/video-and-audio-file-formats-supported-in-powerpoint-d8b12450-26db-4c7b-a5c1-593d3418fb59?ui=en-US&rs=en-US&ad=US

shares some important information for people struggling to insert a .mp4 into Power point 2010 presentation.

*Only PowerPoint 2013 and later. The 32-bit version of PowerPoint 2010 can play an .mp4 or .mov file only if the computer has a QuickTime Player installed. (Read Download QuickTime for Windows, on the Apple site, for more information.)

So there you have it. Powerpoint 2010, you need apple quicktime. Powerpoint 2013 does not.

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