
The steps for how to embed a YouTube video in PowerPoint, or video from other online sources like Vimeo are pretty simple.
Animations > Animation Pane – for fine detail control. Playback > Start: In Click Sequence, Automatically, or When Clicked On. Resize video – to fit your design, content, and layout, or make it full screen. How to embed a YouTube video in PowerPoint And you can embed YouTube video in PowerPoint very easily. Finding video can be difficult, but there’s a little-known site called YouTube that has a few billion videos to choose from. In our example, we did some web surfing and found a video file download of the rotating moon video.Video is great for engaging people during a presentation, with something dynamic and emotive, or to provide a clear explanation of a difficult concept. Next look for another source of the same video. The video uploader can choose the make it downloadable, but few do. Some YouTube videos have a ‘Download’ link among the options, not many, but it’s the first thing to look for. We use locally stored video whenever possible. It plays faster, is more reliable and not reliant on Internet connections. Some might think this is heresy, but it’s much better to have a copy of the video offline and saved with the presentation. You’ll see the YouTube captions, controls and ads! Offline is better You can setup a creative video border but when you play, the rectangle returns. The video has to play in the original YouTube frame. There’s usually a short delay between clicking Play and the video starting.
You need an Internet connection during the presentation. There are limitations to this official method. Use the corner handles to resize the video to suit. Pasting in the YouTube web link (long or short form) should find the video you’ve chosen. However, it’s more likely that you’ve already selected the video and just want to insert it.
The search option can be used to find a video using keywords. Then you’ll see some video options including YouTube and Video Embed Code. Hiding under that is an Online Video button.
Go to Insert and look waaaay over on the right side for little Media button. Here’s the official way to add a YouTube video into a PowerPoint slide. Add to PowerPoint 2016 and PowerPoint 2013.