How to Embed Youtube Flash Videos in Your Powerpoint

This updated guide examines How to Embed Youtube Flash Videos in Your Powerpoint and organizes the essential facts, background, and practical takeaways in clear American English.

Method 1

On Windows

1. Open your PowerPoint presentation. Double-click the PowerPoint presentation file to open it in PowerPoint.
   • If you haven't yet created the presentation, double-click the PowerPoint app icon that resembles a white "P" on an orange background, then click Blank Presentation .
2. Go to the slide on which you want to embed a video. Click a slide on the left side of the PowerPoint window.
3. Click theInserttab. It's in the left side of the orange ribbon that's at the top of the PowerPoint window. Doing so will open a toolbar below the orange ribbon.
4. ClickVideo. This option is on the far-right side of the Insert toolbar. A drop-down menu will appear.
5. ClickOnline Video…. It's in the Video drop-down menu. Doing so opens a window with various search bars.
6. Click the "Search YouTube" search bar. You'll find this option on the right side of the window in the middle of the page.
7. Enter a video's name. Type in the name of the video you want to add and press?Enter.
   • If you don't have a specific video in mind, just enter a keyword instead.
8. Select your video. Click the video that you want to embed in your presentation.
9. ClickInsert. It's at the bottom of the window. Doing so will embed the video in your PowerPoint presentation.
10. Reposition or resize your video. Click and drag the video to the place you want it on the slide, or click and drag one of the knobs in the corner of the video to enlarge the video window.
11. Click thePlaybacktab. It's in the middle of the orange ribbon. This will open the Playback toolbar.
12. Choose a playback prompt. Click the "Start" drop-down box in the "Video Options" section, then click Automatically or On Click .
    • Selecting Automatically will prompt the video to begin playing when the slide loads in the presentation.
13. Save your work. PressCtrl+Sto save your changes to your PowerPoint presentation.
    • If this is a new presentation, a window where you can name your file and select a save location will pop up.

Method 2

On Mac

1. Copy the link for your YouTube video. To do so:
   • Go to YouTube in a browser of your choice.
   • Open the video you want to embed.
   • Click the video's address in the bar at the top of the browser window.
   • Click the Edit menu item.
   • Click Copy in the drop-down menu.
2. Open your PowerPoint presentation. Double-click the PowerPoint presentation file to open it in PowerPoint.^{[1]XResearch source}
   • If you haven't yet created the presentation, just double-click the PowerPoint icon, which resembles a white "P" on an orange background.
   • On the Mac version of PowerPoint, there is no built-in way to embed a YouTube video; however, you can download a free add-in from Microsoft to embed videos.
3. Go to the slide where you want to insert a video. Click a slide on the left-hand side of the PowerPoint page.
4. Click theInserttab. It's in the orange ribbon near the top of the PowerPoint window.
5. ClickStore. You'll find this option in the toolbar below the orange ribbon. Doing so will open the Microsoft store.
6. Search for the "Web Video Player" app. Typeweb video playerinto the search bar in the upper-left corner of the page and press?Return.
7. Click theWeb Video Playericon. It looks like a white "Play" button on a red background.
8. ClickADD. This is a green button to the right of the internet Video Player app icon. Doing so will add a Web Video Player box to your current PowerPoint slide.
   • If prompted, first click Open in PowerPoint and then click Trust this add-in .
   • You may have to insert Web Video Player manually by clicking the Insert tab, clicking My Add-Ins , clicking Web Video Player , clicking the Insert button, and then selecting Web Video Player by clicking the My Add-Ins section again and clicking Web Video Player .
9. Paste your YouTube video link into the internet Video Player box. Click the white box inside of the internet Video Player interface on your slide, then click Edit in the top-left corner of the screen and click Paste . The video's link will appear in the box.
10. ClickSet Video. Doing so will embed the selected video in the internet Video Player window in your PowerPoint slide.
11. Save your work. Press?Command+Sto save your changes to your presentation.
    • If this is a new presentation, a window where you can name your file and select a save location will pop up.