How to embed YouTube videos in PowerPoint presentations

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In some cases, you will need to use the video embed code. You can get the embed code of a YouTube video by clicking Share button and click the Embed link to extract the HTML code.

Step 1

• In PowerPoint 2013 or 2016, go to the Insert tab and click Video> Video online .
• In PowerPoint 2010, go to the Insert tab and click Video> Website video.

Step 2

• In PowerPoint 2013 or 2016, you'll see a dialog where you can browse for a YouTube video from within PowerPoint, or you can paste the embed code from any video site.
• In PowerPoint 2010, you will need to paste the embed code for the video into the dialog that appears and click Insert .

Step 3

Once the video is inserted, you can resize and move it to appear where you want it in your presentation. It will look like a screenshot, but in preview mode (keyboard shortcut Shift-F5), you will be able to play the video.

You can also right click on the video and click start to select whether the video will start playing automatically when you open that slide, or whether you want to start playing after clicking the video.

What about PowerPoint 2007??

The process in PowerPoint 2007 is a bit more complicated and requires you to access the Developer program tab.

1. Click the More controls button> Shockwave Flash Object> OK .
2. Using your mouse, drag and draw the rectangle where you want the video to appear on your slide.
3. Right click on the rectangle and select Properties .
4. In the Film field, paste the URL of the YouTube video you want to use. In the URL remove clock? and replace the equal symbol (=) with a forward slash (/).
5. If you want the video to start playing automatically, in the Now Playing field, choose True . If you don't want it to play automatically, choose False . If you don't want the video to play, Lasso field, choose False .

To see that process in action, check out the video below:

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