Sometimes a movie has sound, but you don’t want it. There are lots of reasons; video of a surgery and you don’t want the audience to hear ‘Uh-oh’ in the background, a screen capture video and the application sound FX are distracting, or any number of other reasons.
From within PPT you can set a movie to play muted.
PPT 2003:
1. Select movie
![](https://thepowerpointblog.com/media/blogs/all/10_Aug/Insert_Video_21.jpg)
2. Right-click and choose EDIT MOVIE OBJECT
![](https://thepowerpointblog.com/media/blogs/all/10_Aug/Insert_Video_24.jpg)
3. Click speaker icon and click MUTE
![](https://thepowerpointblog.com/media/blogs/all/10_Aug/Insert_Video_25.jpg)
PPT 2007:
1. Select movie
![](https://thepowerpointblog.com/media/blogs/all/10_Aug/Insert_Video_26.jpg)
2. Go to OPTIONS tab and click the speaker icon
![](https://thepowerpointblog.com/media/blogs/all/10_Aug/Insert_Video_27.jpg)
3. Select MUTE
![](https://thepowerpointblog.com/media/blogs/all/10_Aug/Insert_Video_28.jpg)
PPT 2010:
1. Select movie
![](https://thepowerpointblog.com/media/blogs/all/10_Aug/Insert_Video_29.jpg)
2. Go to PLAYBACK tab, click the speaker icon, select MUTE
![](https://thepowerpointblog.com/media/blogs/all/10_Aug/Insert_Video_30.jpg)
– Troy @ TLC