It doesn’t look much, but wait ’til we run the presentation! Press F5 on the keyboard or click Slide Show > Start Slide Show > From Current Slide. Once the Youtube video has been embedded, it will look like this: You have to use the Video button in the ribbon. Note that you can’t use embed codes (and hence insert Youtube videos) when you use the Insert Media Clip button seen on some slides.
In the Insert Video From Online Video Site dialogue box, paste in the Youtube embed code and click Insert. On the Youtube video page, copy the embed code.įlip back over to the PowerPoint 2010 presentation you’re editing and click Insert > Video ( the down arrow) > Video from Online Video Site. For this demonstration, we’re going to use this video:
How To Embed A Youtube Video In PowerPoint 2010įirst of all, locate the video you want to embed. As long as the video publisher provides an embed code, you can use it in PowerPoint 2010. The process is fairly simple and also applies to adding video from other video sharing sites such as Vimeo, MetaCafe and Revver. Not only are you able to embed videos on your hard drive into a PowerPoint presentation, but you can now embed Youtube videos too. Microsoft are forging ahead with PowerPoint 2010’s ability to handle all kinds of video. Posted by admin AugPosted in Uncategorized Embed Youtube Videos In Microsoft PowerPoint 2010 The Format and Edit subtabs allow you to apply video effects and styles to the video and also provide you with some basic video editing tools.Ĭheck out this tutorial on formatting video in PowerPoint 2010. Whenever you select a video in your presentation you will see the Video Tools contextual tab appear in the ribbon. If you decide to embed a video from your hard drive, the usual file explorer window is displayed and you can just follow the directions given in the previous section. When you click the top half of the button, you can only embed videos that are saved on your hard drive. Using the bottom half of the Video button (that displays the down arrow) you get the choice between selecting a video on your hard drive to embed, or using some embed codes from a video sharing site like Youtube. Using The Ribbon To Embed VideosĪnother was to embed a videois to click Insert > Media > Video, in the ribbon. If you aren’t sure what control does what, just hover your cursor over a particular control and a tooltip will appear to explain its use. You can also step forwards and backwards and change the volume. Using these controls you can start playback, pause and stop it. When the video has been inserted, you can see video controls that display beneath it. The time taken to embed the video depends on its size, so be prepared for a long wait if you decide to embed a huge video. Navigate to where your video resides on your hard drive, select it and click Insert. When you click on the Insert Media Clip button, the standard file explorer window appears. The following slides display an Insert Media Clip button on them that you simply have to click to get started adding videos: You can use videos of the following popular formats in PowerPoint: Here, we are going to look at embedding videos that exist on your hard drive. You can embed either videos that are saved on your hard drive and you can even embed Youtube videos in PowerPoint 2010 (and videos from other video sharing sites like MetaCafe and Revver).
Insert the YouTube video using the add-in Navigate to YouTube and copy your video’s URL