Instead, it depends on the system software (QuickTime on Mac, Windows Media Player or the older MCI Media Player on Windows) to play movies. PowerPoint actually can't play movie files at all, either on Mac or PC. On Windows PCs, it will play in Windows Media Player and similar software, but it's not natively supported on Macs, just as Quicktime Movie (MOV) files aren't natively supported on Windows PCs. WMV is primarily a Windows movie file format. MOV so PowerPoint thinks it's a QuickTime movie instead of a WMV. Since PowerPoint still thinks that WMVs aren't usable, you have to cheat a bit. Install Flip4Mac, which lets QuickTime play. You try to insert a WMV movie into your Mac PowerPoint presentation using the Insert, Movie, From File command or the Movie toolbar, but PowerPoint won't let you select a WMV movie.
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