PowerPoint allows you to create and show slides to support a presentation, tutorial, animations, or photo slides. You can combine texts, graphics, and multimedia content to create professional presentations (for educational or informal purposes). Sometimes, we embed videos made by ourselves; on the contrary, YouTube Videos can also be embedded since it handles some of the work for you and enhances the presentation. Here are some detailed steps on how to embed a YouTube Video in PowerPoint.
How to Embed a YouTube Video
Here are the steps to embed a YouTube video in PowerPoint. You can use these steps on the latest version of Microsoft. If you want to embed your own YouTube video, first, you should learn how to create a new YouTube channel and then upload a video.
- Open PowerPoint and arrange the background: Where the YouTube video will be embedded, the area needs to be modified and arranged by inserting shapes, colors, format, etc.
- Find a YouTube Video of your choice.
- Below the YouTube video, click on share.
- Click on embed.
- Copy the YouTube video URL.
- Go back to PowerPoint.
- Click on Insert.
- On the right side, click on “Video.”
- Click on “Online Video.”
- Paste the copied code (URL).
- If you want, you can also re-adjust the video’s size to fit your presentation slide show.
If there is a problem with YouTube URL, you should contact YouTube Support.
How to Embed a YouTube Video in PowerPoint 2016
One of the easiest ways to give the presentation some entertainment is to embed YouTube videos. In PowerPoint 2016, you don’t even need to leave PowerPoint for this. Below are the step-by-step instructions for how to embed a YouTube video into a presentation.
- Open PowerPoint and select the slide where the YouTube video will be.
- Click on Insert.
- Click on “Video.”
- Select “Online Video.”
- Type your search into the YouTube tool and click enter.
- Select your desired video and click Insert.
- Adjust the YouTube video to fit on your slide page.
You’ve successfully embedded a YouTube video into a presentation, and you can start your video just by clicking on it during the presentation. This method needs an internet connection.
How to Embed a YouTube Video in PowerPoint 2013
In this version of PowerPoint, YouTube videos could be embedded in two ways.
Method 1
This method does require an internet connection.
- Click on Insert.
- Click on “Video.”
- Select “Online Video” (YouTube/ browse).
- Type your search into the YouTube prompt and click enter.
- Select your desired video and click Insert.
- Adjust your video to fit into the slide.
Method 2
- Go on YouTube and find a video.
- Click on share and select embed.
- Copy the embedded code and decide on the options (show player controls).
- Go to PowerPoint 2013, and click on Insert.
- Click on the “Video” and select “Online Video.”
- Paste the embedded code
- Resize the video to fit on your slide page.
In this method internet is not required; you just need the embedded code.
How to Embed a YouTube Video in PowerPoint 2010
Today, flash-embedded videos are no more supported on PowerPoint 2010. However, here are the easy-to-follow instructions on how to embed a YouTube video on PowerPoint 2010.
- Select the desired YouTube video.
- Below the video frame, click Share, and select embed.
- Copy the embedded code.
- Open PowerPoint, and click on Insert.
- Click on “Video” then select “Online Video.”
- Paste the embedded code.
- Resize and adjust to fit on the slide page.
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To Conclude Embedding YouTube Video to PowerPoint
In conclusion, everybody can embed a YouTube video; it is easy to follow the steps mentioned above. Adding YouTube videos to our presentations adds more interest and entertainment to the presentations. Again, it eases and reduces work.
1 Comment
Back when I was a kid, I used to embed YouTube videos in Powerpoint. Good times.