Tuesday, 10 January 2012

Embedding Youtube videos in Powerpoint

One of the questions our Brians, the IT Customer Service staff at PITS, get asked most often is how to embed a Youtube video into a Powerpoint presentation.

The method is actually slightly different, depending upon what version of Powerpoint you have.


If you have Microsoft Powerpoint 2003, click here to read our step-by-step guide; if you have Microsoft Powerpoint 2007, click here; or if you are running Microsoft Powerpoint 2010, click here.


Embedding a Youtube video in Powerpoint 2003

1.  Find the Youtube video that you want to include, click the "Share" button beneath it then "Show Options"...:


2. Select "Long Link" and copy everything in the "Link to this video" box...:

 3. You now need to edit the link in order to make it work in Powerpoint. Delete the word "Watch?" and replace the "=" sign after the "v" with a "/", like this...:

 
4. Open Powerpoint and select the slide where you want to embed the video. Now click on the "View" menu, select "Toolbars" then "Control Toolbox".
5. When the new menu pops up, click on the More Controls option (the hammer and spanner symbol), then scroll down to "Shockwave Flash Object" and click on that.

6. Your cursor will become a cross, use it to draw a box on your Powerpoint slide where you want the "screen" for the video to be. Right- click on the box and select "Properties"...:

7. Now paste the new Youtube link that you created at Stage 3 above into the "Movie" field of the Properties box, then close this by clicking the x in the top right-hand corner of the Properties box.

When you play your Powerpoint now, the Youtube video should be in place.





Embedding a Youtube video in Powerpoint 2007

1.  Find the Youtube video that you want to include, click the "Share" button beneath it then "Show Options"...:


2. Select "Long Link" and copy everything in the "Link to this video" box...:

 3. You now need to edit the link in order to make it work in Powerpoint. Delete the word "Watch?" and replace the "=" sign after the "v" with a "/", like this...:

 
4. Open Powerpoint, click on the Windows symbol in the top left-hand corner and then on the "Powerpoint Options" at the bottom of the menu.

5. When the new menu pops up, tick the "Show Developer Tab in the Ribbon" option, then "OK".

6. Now click on the new "Developer" tab which will have appeared in the ribbon, and click on "More Controls" (the hammer and spanner symbol)...:


7. Select "Shockwave Flash Object".
8. Your cursor will become a cross, use it to draw a box on your Powerpoint slide where you want the "screen" for the video to be. Right- click on the box and select "Properties"...:


9. Now paste the new Youtube link that you created at Stage 3 above into the "Movie" field of the Properties box, then close this by clicking the x in the top right-hand corner of the Properties box.

When you play your Powerpoint now, the Youtube video should be in place.





Embedding a Youtube video in Powerpoint 2010

1. Find the Youtube video that you want to include, click the "Share" button beneath it...:


2. Click on "Embed", then tick "Use old embed code" and copy all the code that appears...:

3. Open Powerpoint and select the slide where you want to embed the video. Now click on the "Insert" tab in the ribbon...:

4. Select the drop-down menu beneath  the word "Video" and choose "Video from Web Site"...:


5. Paste in the code which you copied at Stage 2 above, click "Insert" and the video should appear on the slide.

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