Zoom

Zoom Free Virtual Video Backgrounds - behind the scenes video

Zoom Virtual Video Background is a great feature. One of the issues with the video backgrounds is Zoom only gives you two video backgrounds. You can add video backgrounds, but they have to be the correct size. We have developed over 20 video virtual backgrounds you can use in Zoom. The video backgrounds will be available on Tuesday, March 24, 2020, at 11 am ET. We will post another announcement when they are released.

Video footage

The virtual background video footage was filmed by Cristian Cotovan. Cristian filmed most of the videos in England and France. Many of the videos are nature videos. The videos were created using for Zoom virtual background using Adobe Premiere.

25 free virtual video backgrounds for Zoom

Here is the **[Zoom Resource Center webpage](https://chrismenardtraining.com/zoom/zoom-resource-center)** we created to view and downoad the 25 free virtual video backgrounds that can be used in Zoom. The page also contrains blog post on Zoom and the extremely popular Top 10 keyboard shortcuts for Zoom.

Zoom Free Virtual Video Backgrounds - behind the scenes -Chris Menard - YouTube

Other Zoom videos by Chris Menard

- Zoom Video - Video as a Virtual background in meetings by Chris Menard - [

- Zoom now allows a virtual background w/o a green screen by Chris Menard

- Add polling to Zoom Meetings by Chris Menard

- Top 10 keyboard shortcuts for Zoom meetings by Chris Menard

- Zoom video - save polls and keyboard tips for the Mac by Chris Menard

Copilot in PowerPoint: Explain vs. Review This Presentation

Copilot in PowerPoint now has two skills with nearly identical names that do very different jobs: Explain this presentation and Review this presentation. One helps you understand a deck someone else made. The other helps you improve a deck you made yourself. If you train people on Copilot, expect questions

Redesign Slides with Copilot's Visualize This Slide Skill in PowerPoint

Use the Visualize this slide skill in Copilot for PowerPoint to turn text-heavy slides into visual layouts. Three examples: bullets, a six-step process, and a timeline.

Copilot Skills in PowerPoint - Live Stream on October 20, 2026

𝗠𝗼𝘀𝘁 𝗣𝗼𝘄𝗲𝗿𝗣𝗼𝗶𝗻𝘁 𝘂𝘀𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗸𝗻𝗼𝘄 𝗖𝗼𝗽𝗶𝗹𝗼𝘁 𝗰𝗮𝗻 𝗰𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝘀𝗹𝗶𝗱𝗲𝘀. 𝗙𝗮𝗿 𝗳𝗲𝘄𝗲𝗿 𝗸𝗻𝗼𝘄 𝗮𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝟴 𝗯𝘂𝗶𝗹𝘁-𝗶𝗻 𝗖𝗼𝗽𝗶𝗹𝗼𝘁 𝗦𝗸𝗶𝗹𝗹𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗰𝗮𝗻 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗹𝗲𝘁𝗲𝗹𝘆 𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗲 𝗵𝗼𝘄 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗯𝘂𝗶𝗹𝗱, 𝗶𝗺𝗽𝗿𝗼𝘃𝗲, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗽𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗮 𝗱𝗲𝗰𝗸. Join me live on October 20, 2026, at Noon Eastern as I demonstrate each Copilot Skill and show practical ways to use them in your presentations. PDF of the 8 Copilot Skills in Pow

View Two Slides Side by Side in the Same PowerPoint Presentation

Compare two slides from the same PowerPoint presentation side by side in Normal view. Use New Window and Arrange All on the View tab instead of clicking back and forth.