How to insert online and offline videos into Word

Microsoft Word allows users to easily embed offline from computers and online such as YouTube videos into documents. In addition, you can also add videos from other sources such as videos from Bing search results, or insert videos from a website by pasting the embed code. Here are the steps.

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The article is done on Word 2013, the latest version is Office 2016, you can download Office 2016 or just Word 2016 to your computer and install it if you want to experience this quite useful office suite of Microsoft.

Insert online videos into Word

1. Click the "Insert" tab (tab) at the top of the screen.

2. Click "Online Video" on the Ribbon.

3. Click on the YouTube icon at the bottom of the window that appears to insert videos from YouTube. In addition, you can also add videos from other sources such as videos from Bing search results, or insert videos from a website by pasting the embed code.

4. Use Bing or YouTube's search bar to search for videos you want to embed in documents. If you want to insert videos from a website by pasting the embed code, simply copy the embed code of the video and paste it into the "Paste embed code here" box.

5. After clicking search, you will get thumbnails of the video search results.

6. You can click the thumbnail to preview the video.

7. Click the "Insert" button to insert the video into the document.

8. Click the "Layout Options" button in the top right corner of the embedded video to change the position of the video in the text.

How to insert videos into Word

You can add videos from your computer to play directly in Word. This function allows to watch live video without having to exit the document.

The downside of adding offline videos (or videos from computer memory) to Word is that they only play on the computer. Videos added from the computer will not play if sending documents to others. That's why offline videos are not recommended as online videos. However, if you want to add offline video to Word, this is how to do it.

First, turn on the Developer option in Word.

Step 1: Open Word and go to " File " (see image below).

Step 2: Then click " Options ".

Step 3: Next, click ' Customize Ribbon '.

Step 4: Then select the ' Developer ' box and click ' OK '.

After performing the above steps, a DEVELOPER tab appears on Word as shown below.

Step 5: Now insert the video into Word. Click the Developer> Controls tab > click on the 'Legacy Tools' icon as shown below.

Click on 'Legacy Tools ', then from the drop-down menu (in ActiveX Controls) click on the 'More Controls' icon and the dialog box like the one below appears. Scroll down and select "Windows Media Player" , then click " OK " button.

Windows Media Player will display in Word when you click the OK button. Here you can set the height and width of Media Player by dragging the edge of the music player.

Windows Media Player at this time will not play any content. To insert content into Windows Media Player, follow the steps below.

Step 6: Right click on Windows Media Player and select " Properties ". You will see a box on the left side of the screen, as shown below. Click Categorized on the display box to find content for Windows Media Player embedded in Word.

A dialog box (like the one below) will pop up and then use the " Browse " button to locate the video you want to add to Word when clicking the " OK " button.

To play videos in Word, go to the "DEVELOPER" tab, then click ' Design Mode ', the video will automatically play.

Now the video is ready to play. Enjoy it!

To delete this video, click ' Design Mode ' again and press Back Space.

I wish you all success!