Videos in PowerPoint: Learn It 3 – Embedding Videos in PowerPoint

Embedding Videos

Karen has another video she wishes to embed in a new slide about collaboration. She opens a browser window to the YouTube website and finds her desired video. She then clicks the Share > Embed buttons and sees a text box with an address in it. She copies the text by making sure all is selected and then uses Ctrl+C to copy it (or right-click > copy).

A Youtube video is open. There are two magenta arrows on the page showing how to share the video. The first arrow is pointing at the share button and the second button is pointing at the option to embed the video option.

Next, Karen toggles (Alt+Tab) back to her PowerPoint presentation window and opens a new blank slide. She clicks on the Insert tab, then the Video button on the ribbon, and selects the Online Video option. This brings up the same Insert Video window as before.

A Microsoft powerpoint is open. There are two magenta boxes and two arrows pointing at how to insert a video into the slide. The first box is around insert tab in the ribbon menu, the second shows how to insert a movie. The first arrow shows the insert movie option and the second arrow is pointing to the online movie option.

Karen places her cursor in the From a Video Embed Code box, pastes the link from her YouTube video with Ctrl+V, and presses the small arrow (or presses the Enter key).

A Microsoft powerpoint is open. An insert video dialog box is open with the option to paste in a link.

Now the video is in her new slide and needs to be resized. Karen drags the video so it is almost as large as the slide. It is a little off-center, so Karen clicks on the Align button in the Format ribbon area and selects the Align Center option.

A Microsoft powerpoint is open. A video has been inserted. There are two magenta arrows on the slide, the first one is pointing at the align button under the format tab in the ribbon menu. The second shows that the video is set to be aligned to the center.

Next, she decides she would like to have this video play automatically when she moves to this slide in the presentation. She clicks the Playback tab and navigates to the Video Options area on the ribbon. She then selects the Start button and the Automatically option.

A Microsoft powerpoint is open. A video has been inserted. The magenta pointed at the start button to tell the slide when to play the video. The magenta box shows that the video is set to be played automatically as soon as the slide comes up.