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How to Add a Video to a Google Presentation

Apart from adding pictures, music, and changing the background of slides to make your presentation more interactive and appealing to your audience, you can also add videos to it. With a few minutes of your time, you can easily add videos...

Method 1 of 2:

Adding YouTube Videos by Searching and Selecting

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    Open an Internet browser. Double-click the icon of your preferred browser found on your desktop.
    1. If the icon isn't on your desktop, look for it in your programs list and click on the icon there.
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    Go to Google Drive. Once the browser opens, type in drive.google.com on the address bar and hit Enter.
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    Log into your Google/Gmail account. Type in your account username and password on the fields provided and click 'Sign in.'
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    Create a new presentation. Click on the red 'Create' button on the top-left corner of the web page and click 'Presentation' from the drop-down list. You'll then be redirected to the Google Presentation page.
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    Open the Insert Video window. Click on 'Insert' from the menu toolbar located on the upper left portion of the web page. Select 'Video' from the drop-down list, and the 'Insert Video' window will open.
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    Search for a video. Click 'Video Search' from the left menu panel on the 'Insert Video' window, and you'll see a search bar that you can use to search for videos on YouTube. Type in any item relevant to the video you'd like to add, and click the magnifying glass icon to start searching.
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    Select a video to add to your slide. Click the video that you'd like to add from the search result list to select it.
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    Add the video to your slide. Click the 'Select' button to add the selected video to your slide.
Method 2 of 2:

Adding YouTube Videos Using Web Addresses

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    Open an Internet browser. Double-click the icon of your preferred browser found on your desktop.
    1. If the icon isn't on your desktop, look for it in your programs list and click on the icon there.
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    Go to Google Drive. Once the browser opens, type in drive.google.com on the address bar and hit Enter.
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    Log into your Google/Gmail account. Type in your account username and password on the fields provided and click 'Sign in.'
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    Create a new presentation. Click on the red 'Create' button on the top-left corner of the web page and click 'Presentation' from the drop-down list. You'll then be redirected to the Google Presentation page.
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    Open the Insert Video window. Click on 'Insert' from the menu toolbar located on the upper left portion of the web page. Select 'Video' from the drop-down list, and the 'Insert Video' window will open.
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    Go to YouTube. Open a new browser tab and go to YouTube.com. Search for any videos you'd like to add to your presentation here.
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    Copy the URL. Once the video is playing, copy the video's URL displayed in the address bar of your browser.
    1. To copy, right-click on the URL and select 'Copy' from the context menu.
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    Go back to the browser tab where you have Google Presentation open. To do this, just click on the browser tab of your Google Presentation.
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    Click 'URL' from the left menu panel on the 'Insert Video' window. You'll see a text field labeled 'Paste YouTube URL here.'
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    Paste the URL on the text field provided. Just right-click the text field then select 'Paste.'
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    Add the video to your slide. Click the 'Select' button to add the selected video to your slide.
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