How to insert a video into PowerPoint and still open when transferred to another device

Microsoft PowerPoint is the most popular presentation document editing software today, and of course video insertion is indispensable. However, it is not always possible to display with your computer. So how to insert video into PowerPoint and still open when transferred to another computer? The following article will guide you.

* In this tutorial, I use PowerPoint 2016.

1. Insert videos online

PowerPoint allows you to insert videos from YouTube in particular and the Internet in general, so you can play videos anywhere, on any computer, as long as you have a network connection.

* Note: Microsoft PowerPoint requires you to use a default browser of Internet Explorer 9 or higher to be able to play video inserted from the Internet.

The steps to insert online videos into PowerPoint are as follows:

Step 1: Select the slide you want to insert the video into. Switch to the Insert tab , click Video > Online Video .

Step 2: There are two options for you: Enter a keyword to search for videos on YouTube, or paste the video's embed code.

Result after inserting:

2. Insert the video from on the computer

There are two ways to insert videos from a computer into PowerPoint, one is to embed them directly, and the other is to create a link to the video.

- Direct embedding means you insert videos directly into slides. In other words, the video becomes part of the PowerPoint file. After saving the file, the video will also be saved inside. This way, you can display it on any computer with only that PowerPoint file, but the file size will increase significantly.

- If you create a link to the video, you will launch the video from its correct location, such as a folder on your hard drive. The video is still completely independent from the PowerPoint file. This way the file will not increase in size, but if you save and slide it on another computer, the link you create will be broken (unless you also save the video in the same location, in the same message). item, on that computer).

For ease of presentation on another computer, you should choose to embed the video directly into PowerPoint.

Step 1: Select the slide you want to insert the video into. Switch to the Insert tab , click Video > Video on My PC .

Step 2: Select the video on your computer and then click on Insert .

Result after inserting:

And after transferring the PowerPoint file to another computer, the inserted video can still be played normally.

Through the article above, I showed you how to insert videos into PowerPoint and still open when transferred to another computer. Very simple, wish you success!