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Show and hide media controls

Show and hide media controls

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Show and hide media controls

- [Instructor] When you give your presentation in slideshow mode, we know that when you move your cursor over a video, you see the play button, a timeline bar and volume controls. Now if you don't want these to show, no matter where you move your mouse, you can turn them off completely. I'll click on my video to select it and I'll go to the slideshow tab and here I'm going to uncheck Show Media Controls. Now I'll play my slideshow again and this time, no matter where I move my cursor, nothing appears over my video. I can still start and stop the video by clicking on it. - The Hansel & Petal is awesome. - [Instructor] But there are no other controls for jumping back or ahead or for controlling the volume. And if I click anywhere outside the video-- - The Hansel & Petal is-- - [Instructor] And click again, that just takes me to the next slide. But you may like the media controls invisible since it can make your video look a lot less cluttered and you see nothing but the video itself. So…

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