

Officially, Microsoft has stopped supplying Windows Essentials 2012 (the last release). Windows Movie Maker 2012 works fine on Windows 11, Windows 10, Windows 8/8.1 and Windows 7. Use WMM to make a short video for insertion into a PowerPoint presentation.


I often use Windows Movie Maker to quickly open a video, cut some unwanted elements and perhaps add a simple text card to start or end.

Various effects, animations and transitions are available. You can put together video clips, add captions, audio, titles and end credits. Microsoft now has ClipChampwith more ‘bells and whistles’ for making and editing videos.Īs a simple video editor, Windows Movie Maker (WMM) is great. Most of them are either defunct (Messenger) or superceded (Editor), only Movie Maker still has a place. Movie Maker was part of Windows Essentials, a package of free programs from Microsoft. We’ve explained how to get the much-loved Office Picture Manager even though it’s been officially removed from Office. Officially it’s no longer available but it’s still available if you know the magic spell. Take your time in learning how to add events to the calendar, set up mail forwarding, and where menu items are.Windows Movie Maker is a simple and free video editor from Microsoft that still works in modern Windows. Here’s how you can get started with the most basic features in Outlook. Once you click Next, you’ll be able to access Outlook either through a laptop or mobile app, or in your preferred web browser. And you can always change your email address. You can use your full name for a professional look, or if you’re creating something personal, you can mix it up. If your username is already taken, the Microsoft account website will ask you to choose another one. Either preference leads to the same account. Here, you can select whether you want your email address to end with or which is Microsoft’s old-school email address. But to create a new Outlook account, do the following: From here, you can create an account with an existing email address, which can be tied to any email client.
